diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Config/Resource/DirectoryResource.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Config/Resource/DirectoryResource.php
index e403725d6ac67..bde84b1b5bd5c 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Config/Resource/DirectoryResource.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Config/Resource/DirectoryResource.php
@@ -84,8 +84,15 @@ public function isFresh($timestamp)
                 continue;
             }
 
+            // for broken links
+            try {
+                $fileMTime = $file->getMTime();
+            } catch (\RuntimeException $e) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
             // early return if a file's mtime exceeds the passed timestamp
-            if ($timestamp < $file->getMTime()) {
+            if ($timestamp < $fileMTime) {
                 return false;
             }
         }