diff --git a/osu.Game/Database/LegacyModelImporter.cs b/osu.Game/Database/LegacyModelImporter.cs
index a6e0f5bf8b..13a9025ece 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Database/LegacyModelImporter.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Database/LegacyModelImporter.cs
@@ -24,8 +24,14 @@ namespace osu.Game.Database
         /// <summary>
         /// Select paths to import from stable where all paths should be absolute. Default implementation iterates all directories in <see cref="ImportFromStablePath"/>.
         /// </summary>
-        protected virtual IEnumerable<string> GetStableImportPaths(Storage storage) => storage.GetDirectories(ImportFromStablePath)
-                                                                                              .Select(path => storage.GetFullPath(path));
+        protected virtual IEnumerable<string> GetStableImportPaths(Storage storage)
+        {
+            if (!storage.ExistsDirectory(ImportFromStablePath))
+                return Enumerable.Empty<string>();
+
+            return storage.GetDirectories(ImportFromStablePath)
+                          .Select(path => storage.GetFullPath(path));
+        }
 
         protected readonly IModelImporter<TModel> Importer;
 
diff --git a/osu.Game/Database/LegacyScoreImporter.cs b/osu.Game/Database/LegacyScoreImporter.cs
index 48445b7bdb..131b4ffb0e 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Database/LegacyScoreImporter.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Database/LegacyScoreImporter.cs
@@ -15,8 +15,14 @@ namespace osu.Game.Database
         protected override string ImportFromStablePath => Path.Combine("Data", "r");
 
         protected override IEnumerable<string> GetStableImportPaths(Storage storage)
-            => storage.GetFiles(ImportFromStablePath).Where(p => Importer.HandledExtensions.Any(ext => Path.GetExtension(p)?.Equals(ext, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) ?? false))
-                      .Select(path => storage.GetFullPath(path));
+        {
+            if (!storage.ExistsDirectory(ImportFromStablePath))
+                return Enumerable.Empty<string>();
+
+            return storage.GetFiles(ImportFromStablePath)
+                          .Where(p => Importer.HandledExtensions.Any(ext => Path.GetExtension(p)?.Equals(ext, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) ?? false))
+                          .Select(path => storage.GetFullPath(path));
+        }
 
         public LegacyScoreImporter(IModelImporter<ScoreInfo> importer)
             : base(importer)