diff --git a/src/nodeinfo.c b/src/nodeinfo.c
index 415c2e5f6cda47137b2e3e4c65013716b8d9fd3b..72ab39442332e0ce422aee31c2d933a15086d790 100644
--- a/src/nodeinfo.c
+++ b/src/nodeinfo.c
@@ -168,6 +168,12 @@ virNodeCountThreadSiblings(const char *dir, unsigned int cpu)
 
     pathfp = fopen(path, "r");
     if (pathfp == NULL) {
+        /* If file doesn't exist, then pretend our only
+         * sibling is ourself */
+        if (errno == ENOENT) {
+            VIR_FREE(path);
+            return 1;
+        }
         virReportSystemError(errno, _("cannot open %s"), path);
         VIR_FREE(path);
         return 0;