diff --git a/system/Helpers/filesystem_helper.php b/system/Helpers/filesystem_helper.php
index da6acabb039e..b33ad49a2823 100644
--- a/system/Helpers/filesystem_helper.php
+++ b/system/Helpers/filesystem_helper.php
@@ -281,8 +281,11 @@ function get_dir_file_info(string $sourceDir, bool $topLevelOnly = true, bool $r
                 if (is_dir($sourceDir . $file) && $file[0] !== '.' && $topLevelOnly === false) {
                     get_dir_file_info($sourceDir . $file . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, $topLevelOnly, true);
                 } elseif ($file[0] !== '.') {
-                    $fileData[$file]                  = get_file_info($sourceDir . $file);
-                    $fileData[$file]['relative_path'] = $relativePath;
+                    $info = get_file_info($sourceDir . $file);
+                    if ($info !== null) {
+                        $fileData[$file]                  = $info;
+                        $fileData[$file]['relative_path'] = $relativePath;
+                    }
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/changelogs/v4.7.5.rst b/user_guide_src/source/changelogs/v4.7.5.rst
index 964133046c38..75c7dcc4c38e 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/changelogs/v4.7.5.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/changelogs/v4.7.5.rst
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ Bugs Fixed
 **********
 
 - **Content Security Policy:** Fixed a bug where empty ``Content-Security-Policy``, ``Content-Security-Policy-Report-Only``, and ``Reporting-Endpoints`` response headers were generated when no corresponding values existed.
+- **Helpers:** Fixed a bug where ``get_dir_file_info()`` could cause a null pointer error when ``get_file_info()`` returns null.
 - **Logger:** Fixed a bug where interpolating a log message with array or non-stringable context values could raise PHP warnings or errors.
 
 See the repo's