diff --git a/src/wallet/walletutil.cpp b/src/wallet/walletutil.cpp
--- a/src/wallet/walletutil.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/walletutil.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 #include <wallet/walletutil.h>
 
+#include <logging.h>
 #include <util/system.h>
 
 fs::path GetWalletDir() {
@@ -32,7 +33,11 @@
     // A Berkeley DB Btree file has at least 4K.
     // This check also prevents opening lock files.
     boost::system::error_code ec;
-    if (fs::file_size(path, ec) < 4096) {
+    auto size = fs::file_size(path, ec);
+    if (ec) {
+        LogPrintf("%s: %s %s\n", __func__, ec.message(), path.string());
+    }
+    if (size < 4096) {
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -58,9 +63,16 @@
     const fs::path wallet_dir = GetWalletDir();
     const size_t offset = wallet_dir.string().size() + 1;
     std::vector<fs::path> paths;
+    boost::system::error_code ec;
+
+    for (auto it = fs::recursive_directory_iterator(wallet_dir, ec);
+         it != fs::recursive_directory_iterator(); it.increment(ec)) {
+        if (ec) {
+            LogPrintf("%s: %s %s\n", __func__, ec.message(),
+                      it->path().string());
+            continue;
+        }
 
-    for (auto it = fs::recursive_directory_iterator(wallet_dir);
-         it != fs::recursive_directory_iterator(); ++it) {
         // Get wallet path relative to walletdir by removing walletdir from the
         // wallet path. This can be replaced by
         // boost::filesystem::lexically_relative once boost is bumped to 1.60.