diff --git a/pkg/manager/crash.go b/pkg/manager/crash.go
index 9be16e58e789..009ac2f150ba 100644
--- a/pkg/manager/crash.go
+++ b/pkg/manager/crash.go
@@ -278,6 +278,10 @@ func (cs *CrashStore) BugInfo(id string, full bool) (*BugInfo, error) {
 func (cs *CrashStore) BugList() ([]*BugInfo, error) {
 	dirs, err := osutil.ListDir(filepath.Join(cs.BaseDir, "crashes"))
 	if err != nil {
+		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			// If there were no crashes, it's okay that there's no such folder.
+			return nil, nil
+		}
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	var ret []*BugInfo
diff --git a/pkg/manager/crash_test.go b/pkg/manager/crash_test.go
index cce74284ad77..f017f017558d 100644
--- a/pkg/manager/crash_test.go
+++ b/pkg/manager/crash_test.go
@@ -53,6 +53,15 @@ func TestCrashList(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Len(t, list[2].Crashes, 3)
 }
 
+func TestEmptyCrashList(t *testing.T) {
+	crashStore := &CrashStore{
+		BaseDir:      t.TempDir(),
+		MaxCrashLogs: 10,
+	}
+	_, err := crashStore.BugList()
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+}
+
 func TestMaxCrashLogs(t *testing.T) {
 	crashStore := &CrashStore{
 		BaseDir:      t.TempDir(),