diff --git a/src/wp-includes/block-template-utils.php b/src/wp-includes/block-template-utils.php
index 61ae17cc1c0e4..bd8dfeefb2dea 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/block-template-utils.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/block-template-utils.php
@@ -229,14 +229,12 @@ function _get_block_templates_paths( $base_directory ) {
 		return $template_path_list[ $base_directory ];
 	}
 	$path_list = array();
-	try {
+	if ( is_dir( $base_directory ) ) {
 		$nested_files      = new RecursiveIteratorIterator( new RecursiveDirectoryIterator( $base_directory ) );
 		$nested_html_files = new RegexIterator( $nested_files, '/^.+\.html$/i', RecursiveRegexIterator::GET_MATCH );
 		foreach ( $nested_html_files as $path => $file ) {
 			$path_list[] = $path;
 		}
-	} catch ( Exception $e ) {
-		// Do nothing.
 	}
 	$template_path_list[ $base_directory ] = $path_list;
 	return $path_list;