diff --git a/src/cpu/aarch64/xbyak_aarch64/src/util_impl_linux.h b/src/cpu/aarch64/xbyak_aarch64/src/util_impl_linux.h
index 2c7b28e58b0..2a079a22c7a 100644
--- a/src/cpu/aarch64/xbyak_aarch64/src/util_impl_linux.h
+++ b/src/cpu/aarch64/xbyak_aarch64/src/util_impl_linux.h
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ class CpuInfoLinux : public CpuInfo {
     strncat(file_pattern, "[0-9]+", 16);
 
     DIR *dir = opendir(dir_path);
+    if (dir == NULL)
+      return 0;
     struct dirent *dp;
 
     dp = readdir(dir);