diff --git a/libpldmresponder/platform.cpp b/libpldmresponder/platform.cpp
index af89a94..88ddcf8 100644
--- a/libpldmresponder/platform.cpp
+++ b/libpldmresponder/platform.cpp
@@ -67,6 +67,11 @@
 
 void Handler::generate(const std::string& dir, Repo& repo)
 {
+    if (!fs::exists(dir))
+    {
+        return;
+    }
+
     // A map of PDR type to a lambda that handles creation of that PDR type.
     // The lambda essentially would parse the platform specific PDR JSONs to
     // generate the PDR structures. This function iterates through the map to
diff --git a/test/libpldmresponder_pdr_effecter_test.cpp b/test/libpldmresponder_pdr_effecter_test.cpp
index 6e36b3b..a9afc6b 100644
--- a/test/libpldmresponder_pdr_effecter_test.cpp
+++ b/test/libpldmresponder_pdr_effecter_test.cpp
@@ -145,17 +145,6 @@
     pldm_pdr_destroy(outPDRRepo);
 }
 
-TEST(GeneratePDR, testNoJson)
-{
-    auto pdrRepo = pldm_pdr_init();
-
-    ASSERT_THROW(Handler("./pdr_jsons/not_there", "./event_jsons/not_there",
-                         pdrRepo, nullptr, nullptr),
-                 std::exception);
-
-    pldm_pdr_destroy(pdrRepo);
-}
-
 TEST(GeneratePDR, testMalformedJson)
 {
     auto inPDRRepo = pldm_pdr_init();