diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/maven/reporters/MavenArtifactArchiver.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/maven/reporters/MavenArtifactArchiver.java
index dbca06c50aa62721a662fb483154c3f59a47846a..4c3ba3a9ff3473f550af8810588d4c88deb880f5 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/maven/reporters/MavenArtifactArchiver.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/maven/reporters/MavenArtifactArchiver.java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public class MavenArtifactArchiver extends MavenReporter {
         File file = a.getFile();
         if(file==null)
             return; // perhaps build failed and didn't leave an artifact
-        if(file.isDirectory())
+        if(!file.exists() || file.isDirectory())
             return; // during a build maven sets a class folder instead of a jar file as artifact. ignore.
 
         listener.getLogger().println("Archiving "+ file);
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/maven/reporters/MavenFingerprinter.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/maven/reporters/MavenFingerprinter.java
index 23461249c50688f0e7f63bca03d763d51ace9020..18d3d17b08f63f7f9740e020c067359f05444fd1 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/maven/reporters/MavenFingerprinter.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/maven/reporters/MavenFingerprinter.java
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ public class MavenFingerprinter extends MavenReporter {
      */
     private boolean record(MavenBuildProxy build, final boolean produced, Artifact a) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
         File f = a.getFile();
-        if(f==null || f.isDirectory() || !files.add(f))
+        if(f==null || !f.exists() || f.isDirectory() || !files.add(f))
             return false;
 
         // new file