diff --git a/folder_paths.py b/folder_paths.py
index af498b399..15960537f 100644
--- a/folder_paths.py
+++ b/folder_paths.py
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ def recursive_search(directory: str, excluded_dir_names: list[str] | None=None)
         dirs[directory] = os.path.getmtime(directory)
     except FileNotFoundError:
         logging.warning(f"Warning: Unable to access {directory}. Skipping this path.")
+        return [], {}
 
     logging.debug("recursive file list on directory {}".format(directory))
 
@@ -253,7 +254,6 @@ def recursive_search(directory: str, excluded_dir_names: list[str] | None=None)
         while len(calls) > 0:
             calls.pop().result()
 
-
     logging.debug("found {} files".format(len(result)))
     return result, dirs