diff --git a/lib/analyze-action.js b/lib/analyze-action.js
index 221434663..83ab73590 100644
--- a/lib/analyze-action.js
+++ b/lib/analyze-action.js
@@ -95568,18 +95568,10 @@ function findSarifFilesInDir(sarifPath, isSarif) {
   walkSarifFiles(sarifPath);
   return sarifFiles;
 }
-function getSarifFilePaths(sarifPath, isSarif) {
-  if (!fs18.existsSync(sarifPath)) {
-    throw new ConfigurationError(`Path does not exist: ${sarifPath}`);
-  }
+function getSarifFilePaths(sarifPath, isSarif, pathStats) {
   let sarifFiles;
-  if (fs18.lstatSync(sarifPath).isDirectory()) {
+  if (pathStats.isDirectory()) {
     sarifFiles = findSarifFilesInDir(sarifPath, isSarif);
-    if (sarifFiles.length === 0) {
-      throw new ConfigurationError(
-        `No SARIF files found to upload in "${sarifPath}".`
-      );
-    }
   } else {
     sarifFiles = [sarifPath];
   }
@@ -95681,10 +95673,20 @@ function buildPayload(commitOid, ref, analysisKey, analysisName, zippedSarif, wo
   return payloadObj;
 }
 async function uploadFiles(inputSarifPath, checkoutPath, category, features, logger, uploadTarget) {
+  const pathStats = fs18.lstatSync(inputSarifPath, { throwIfNoEntry: false });
+  if (pathStats === void 0) {
+    throw new ConfigurationError(`Path does not exist: ${inputSarifPath}`);
+  }
   const sarifPaths = getSarifFilePaths(
     inputSarifPath,
-    uploadTarget.sarifPredicate
+    uploadTarget.sarifPredicate,
+    pathStats
   );
+  if (sarifPaths.length === 0) {
+    throw new ConfigurationError(
+      `No SARIF files found to upload in "${inputSarifPath}".`
+    );
+  }
   return uploadSpecifiedFiles(
     sarifPaths,
     checkoutPath,
diff --git a/lib/init-action-post.js b/lib/init-action-post.js
index 63f65d1e5..08dcb8148 100644
--- a/lib/init-action-post.js
+++ b/lib/init-action-post.js
@@ -133002,18 +133002,10 @@ function findSarifFilesInDir(sarifPath, isSarif) {
   walkSarifFiles(sarifPath);
   return sarifFiles;
 }
-function getSarifFilePaths(sarifPath, isSarif) {
-  if (!fs17.existsSync(sarifPath)) {
-    throw new ConfigurationError(`Path does not exist: ${sarifPath}`);
-  }
+function getSarifFilePaths(sarifPath, isSarif, pathStats) {
   let sarifFiles;
-  if (fs17.lstatSync(sarifPath).isDirectory()) {
+  if (pathStats.isDirectory()) {
     sarifFiles = findSarifFilesInDir(sarifPath, isSarif);
-    if (sarifFiles.length === 0) {
-      throw new ConfigurationError(
-        `No SARIF files found to upload in "${sarifPath}".`
-      );
-    }
   } else {
     sarifFiles = [sarifPath];
   }
@@ -133115,10 +133107,20 @@ function buildPayload(commitOid, ref, analysisKey, analysisName, zippedSarif, wo
   return payloadObj;
 }
 async function uploadFiles(inputSarifPath, checkoutPath, category, features, logger, uploadTarget) {
+  const pathStats = fs17.lstatSync(inputSarifPath, { throwIfNoEntry: false });
+  if (pathStats === void 0) {
+    throw new ConfigurationError(`Path does not exist: ${inputSarifPath}`);
+  }
   const sarifPaths = getSarifFilePaths(
     inputSarifPath,
-    uploadTarget.sarifPredicate
+    uploadTarget.sarifPredicate,
+    pathStats
   );
+  if (sarifPaths.length === 0) {
+    throw new ConfigurationError(
+      `No SARIF files found to upload in "${inputSarifPath}".`
+    );
+  }
   return uploadSpecifiedFiles(
     sarifPaths,
     checkoutPath,
diff --git a/lib/upload-lib.js b/lib/upload-lib.js
index 9d5c04e84..1686c4f8d 100644
--- a/lib/upload-lib.js
+++ b/lib/upload-lib.js
@@ -92374,18 +92374,10 @@ function findSarifFilesInDir(sarifPath, isSarif) {
   walkSarifFiles(sarifPath);
   return sarifFiles;
 }
-function getSarifFilePaths(sarifPath, isSarif) {
-  if (!fs13.existsSync(sarifPath)) {
-    throw new ConfigurationError(`Path does not exist: ${sarifPath}`);
-  }
+function getSarifFilePaths(sarifPath, isSarif, pathStats) {
   let sarifFiles;
-  if (fs13.lstatSync(sarifPath).isDirectory()) {
+  if (pathStats.isDirectory()) {
     sarifFiles = findSarifFilesInDir(sarifPath, isSarif);
-    if (sarifFiles.length === 0) {
-      throw new ConfigurationError(
-        `No SARIF files found to upload in "${sarifPath}".`
-      );
-    }
   } else {
     sarifFiles = [sarifPath];
   }
@@ -92487,10 +92479,20 @@ function buildPayload(commitOid, ref, analysisKey, analysisName, zippedSarif, wo
   return payloadObj;
 }
 async function uploadFiles(inputSarifPath, checkoutPath, category, features, logger, uploadTarget) {
+  const pathStats = fs13.lstatSync(inputSarifPath, { throwIfNoEntry: false });
+  if (pathStats === void 0) {
+    throw new ConfigurationError(`Path does not exist: ${inputSarifPath}`);
+  }
   const sarifPaths = getSarifFilePaths(
     inputSarifPath,
-    uploadTarget.sarifPredicate
+    uploadTarget.sarifPredicate,
+    pathStats
   );
+  if (sarifPaths.length === 0) {
+    throw new ConfigurationError(
+      `No SARIF files found to upload in "${inputSarifPath}".`
+    );
+  }
   return uploadSpecifiedFiles(
     sarifPaths,
     checkoutPath,
diff --git a/src/upload-lib.ts b/src/upload-lib.ts
index 650e7a803..db19a260d 100644
--- a/src/upload-lib.ts
+++ b/src/upload-lib.ts
@@ -438,21 +438,11 @@ export function findSarifFilesInDir(
 export function getSarifFilePaths(
   sarifPath: string,
   isSarif: (name: string) => boolean,
+  pathStats: fs.Stats,
 ) {
-  if (!fs.existsSync(sarifPath)) {
-    // This is always a configuration error, even for first-party runs.
-    throw new ConfigurationError(`Path does not exist: ${sarifPath}`);
-  }
-
   let sarifFiles: string[];
-  if (fs.lstatSync(sarifPath).isDirectory()) {
+  if (pathStats.isDirectory()) {
     sarifFiles = findSarifFilesInDir(sarifPath, isSarif);
-    if (sarifFiles.length === 0) {
-      // This is always a configuration error, even for first-party runs.
-      throw new ConfigurationError(
-        `No SARIF files found to upload in "${sarifPath}".`,
-      );
-    }
   } else {
     sarifFiles = [sarifPath];
   }
@@ -623,11 +613,26 @@ export async function uploadFiles(
   logger: Logger,
   uploadTarget: analyses.AnalysisConfig,
 ): Promise<UploadResult> {
+  const pathStats = fs.lstatSync(inputSarifPath, { throwIfNoEntry: false });
+
+  if (pathStats === undefined) {
+    // This is always a configuration error, even for first-party runs.
+    throw new ConfigurationError(`Path does not exist: ${inputSarifPath}`);
+  }
+
   const sarifPaths = getSarifFilePaths(
     inputSarifPath,
     uploadTarget.sarifPredicate,
+    pathStats,
   );
 
+  if (sarifPaths.length === 0) {
+    // This is always a configuration error, even for first-party runs.
+    throw new ConfigurationError(
+      `No SARIF files found to upload in "${inputSarifPath}".`,
+    );
+  }
+
   return uploadSpecifiedFiles(
     sarifPaths,
     checkoutPath,