diff --git a/core/scripts/dev/commit-code-check.sh b/core/scripts/dev/commit-code-check.sh
index 9660d8084b2bf8488b433c5512aed96a456fa0b1..869172b919fddd77b7c23992288810e46cd55d09 100755
--- a/core/scripts/dev/commit-code-check.sh
+++ b/core/scripts/dev/commit-code-check.sh
@@ -125,7 +125,9 @@
 # Build up a list of absolute file names.
 ABS_FILES=
 for FILE in $FILES; do
-  ABS_FILES="$ABS_FILES $TOP_LEVEL/$FILE"
+  if [ -f "$TOP_LEVEL/$FILE" ]; then
+    ABS_FILES="$ABS_FILES $TOP_LEVEL/$FILE"
+  fi
 
   if [[ $FILE == "core/phpcs.xml.dist" ]]; then
     PHPCS_XML_DIST_FILE_CHANGED=1;