1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/puppet/loadedfile.rb b/lib/puppet/loadedfile.rb
index c14bcc195..cfd666e36 100755
--- a/lib/puppet/loadedfile.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/loadedfile.rb
@@ -53,7 +53,11 @@ module Puppet
         def stamp
             if @stamp.nil? or (Time.now.to_i - @statted >= Puppet[:filetimeout])
                 @statted = Time.now.to_i
-                @stamp = File.stat(@file).ctime
+                begin
+                    @stamp = File.stat(@file).ctime
+                rescue Errno::ENOENT
+                    @stamp = Time.now
+                end
             end
             return @stamp
         end