diff --git a/util/file/filesystem.h b/util/file/filesystem.h
index 27a4d1de..e12f1271 100644
--- a/util/file/filesystem.h
+++ b/util/file/filesystem.h
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ bool MoveFileOrDirectory(const base::FilePath& source,
 //!     failure.
 //!
 //! On POSIX, this function returns `true` if \a path refers to a file that is
-//! not a symbolic link, directory, or other kind of special file.
+//! not a symbolic link, directory, or other kind of special file. If this
+//! function fails because \a path does not exist, then no message is logged.
 //!
 //! On Windows, this function returns `true` if \a path refers to a file that
 //! is not a symbolic link or directory.
@@ -85,6 +86,9 @@ bool IsRegularFile(const base::FilePath& path);
 //! \brief Determines if a path refers to a directory, logging a message on
 //!     failure.
 //!
+//! On POSIX, if this function fails because \a path does not exist, then no
+//! message is logged.
+//!
 //! \param[in] path The path to check.
 //! \param[in] allow_symlinks Whether to allow the final component in the path
 //!     to be a symbolic link to a directory.
diff --git a/util/file/filesystem_posix.cc b/util/file/filesystem_posix.cc
index b1f19f62..bb51a9c1 100644
--- a/util/file/filesystem_posix.cc
+++ b/util/file/filesystem_posix.cc
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ bool MoveFileOrDirectory(const base::FilePath& source,
 bool IsRegularFile(const base::FilePath& path) {
   struct stat st;
   if (lstat(path.value().c_str(), &st) != 0) {
-    PLOG(ERROR) << "stat " << path.value();
+    PLOG_IF(ERROR, errno != ENOENT) << "stat " << path.value();
     return false;
   }
   return S_ISREG(st.st_mode);
@@ -86,11 +86,11 @@ bool IsDirectory(const base::FilePath& path, bool allow_symlinks) {
   struct stat st;
   if (allow_symlinks) {
     if (stat(path.value().c_str(), &st) != 0) {
-      PLOG(ERROR) << "stat " << path.value();
+      PLOG_IF(ERROR, errno != ENOENT) << "stat " << path.value();
       return false;
     }
   } else if (lstat(path.value().c_str(), &st) != 0) {
-    PLOG(ERROR) << "lstat " << path.value();
+    PLOG_IF(ERROR, errno != ENOENT) << "lstat " << path.value();
     return false;
   }
   return S_ISDIR(st.st_mode);