diff --git a/src/sources/soundsourceproxy.cpp b/src/sources/soundsourceproxy.cpp
index 4ec589cd21c..abd948291b8 100644
--- a/src/sources/soundsourceproxy.cpp
+++ b/src/sources/soundsourceproxy.cpp
@@ -656,6 +656,13 @@ SoundSourceProxy::UpdateTrackFromSourceResult SoundSourceProxy::updateTrackFromS
     mixxx::TrackMetadata trackMetadata =
             m_pTrack->getMetadata(&sourceSyncStatus);
 
+    if (sourceSyncStatus == mixxx::TrackRecord::SourceSyncStatus::Undefined) {
+        kLogger.warning()
+                << "Unable to update track from missing or inaccessible file"
+                << getUrl().toString();
+        return UpdateTrackFromSourceResult::NotUpdated;
+    }
+
     // Save for later to replace the unreliable and imprecise audio
     // properties imported from file tags (see below).
     const auto preciseStreamInfo = trackMetadata.getStreamInfo();
diff --git a/src/track/trackrecord.cpp b/src/track/trackrecord.cpp
index 521abee151d..090d18d9288 100644
--- a/src/track/trackrecord.cpp
+++ b/src/track/trackrecord.cpp
@@ -161,6 +161,12 @@ TrackRecord::SourceSyncStatus TrackRecord::checkSourceSyncStatus(
         // 37 don't have a synchronization time stamp.
         return SourceSyncStatus::Unknown;
     }
+    if (!fileInfo.exists()) {
+        kLogger.warning()
+                << "Failed to obtain synchronization time stamp for not existing file"
+                << mixxx::FileInfo(fileInfo);
+        return SourceSyncStatus::Undefined;
+    }
     const QDateTime fileSourceSynchronizedAt =
             MetadataSource::getFileSynchronizedAt(fileInfo.toQFile());
     if (!fileSourceSynchronizedAt.isValid()) {