diff --git a/lib/init-action.js b/lib/init-action.js
index ca94a55b5f..332835638c 100644
--- a/lib/init-action.js
+++ b/lib/init-action.js
@@ -87169,7 +87169,7 @@ async function getSupportedLanguageMap(codeql) {
 var baseWorkflowsPath = ".github/workflows";
 function hasActionsWorkflows(sourceRoot) {
   const workflowsPath = path10.resolve(sourceRoot, baseWorkflowsPath);
-  const stats = fs9.lstatSync(workflowsPath);
+  const stats = fs9.lstatSync(workflowsPath, { throwIfNoEntry: false });
   return stats !== void 0 && stats.isDirectory() && fs9.readdirSync(workflowsPath).length > 0;
 }
 async function getRawLanguagesInRepo(repository, sourceRoot, logger) {
diff --git a/src/config-utils.test.ts b/src/config-utils.test.ts
index c78ba6a33d..aa5764f3c7 100644
--- a/src/config-utils.test.ts
+++ b/src/config-utils.test.ts
@@ -1755,3 +1755,9 @@ for (const language in KnownLanguage) {
     },
   );
 }
+
+test("hasActionsWorkflows doesn't throw if workflows folder doesn't exist", async (t) => {
+  return withTmpDir(async (tmpDir) => {
+    t.notThrows(() => configUtils.hasActionsWorkflows(tmpDir));
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/config-utils.ts b/src/config-utils.ts
index 66e50e74d0..9129417479 100644
--- a/src/config-utils.ts
+++ b/src/config-utils.ts
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ const baseWorkflowsPath = ".github/workflows";
  */
 export function hasActionsWorkflows(sourceRoot: string): boolean {
   const workflowsPath = path.resolve(sourceRoot, baseWorkflowsPath);
-  const stats = fs.lstatSync(workflowsPath);
+  const stats = fs.lstatSync(workflowsPath, { throwIfNoEntry: false });
   return (
     stats !== undefined &&
     stats.isDirectory() &&