diff --git a/lib/event-libs/libuv/libuv.c b/lib/event-libs/libuv/libuv.c
index 2f6526c4d..26ca5046d 100644
--- a/lib/event-libs/libuv/libuv.c
+++ b/lib/event-libs/libuv/libuv.c
@@ -346,7 +346,8 @@ lws_uv_plugins_init(struct lws_context *context, const char * const *d)
 		m =uv_fs_scandir(&context->uv.loop, &req, *d, 0, NULL);
 		if (m < 1) {
 			lwsl_err("Scandir on %s failed\n", *d);
-			return 1;
+			d++;
+			continue;
 		}
 
 		while (uv_fs_scandir_next(&req, &dent) != UV_EOF) {
diff --git a/lib/plat/unix/unix-plugins.c b/lib/plat/unix/unix-plugins.c
index 94ec44de5..6875bac16 100644
--- a/lib/plat/unix/unix-plugins.c
+++ b/lib/plat/unix/unix-plugins.c
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ lws_plat_plugins_init(struct lws_context * context, const char * const *d)
 		n = scandir(*d, &namelist, filter, alphasort);
 		if (n < 0) {
 			lwsl_err("Scandir on %s failed\n", *d);
-			return 1;
+			d++;
+			continue;
 		}
 
 		for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {