diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/filesystem/ls.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/filesystem/ls.rs
index a9e98885e6..0fa94e1cc1 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/filesystem/ls.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/filesystem/ls.rs
@@ -147,9 +147,13 @@ impl Command for Ls {
                         Some(glob_options)
                     };
                     let (prefix, paths) =
-                        nu_engine::glob_from(&glob_path, &cwd, call_span, glob_options)
-                            .expect("glob failure");
-
+                        match nu_engine::glob_from(&glob_path, &cwd, call_span, glob_options) {
+                            Ok((prefix, paths)) => (prefix, paths),
+                            Err(e) => {
+                                shell_errors.push(e);
+                                return Vec::from([Value::nothing(call_span)]).into_iter();
+                            }
+                        };
                     let mut paths_peek = paths.peekable();
                     if paths_peek.peek().is_none() {
                         shell_errors.push(ShellError::GenericError(
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/ls.rs b/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/ls.rs
index 88703d168a..93d09ea9ee 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/ls.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/ls.rs
@@ -527,3 +527,11 @@ fn can_list_system_folder() {
     ));
     assert_eq!(ls_with_filter.err, "");
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn list_a_directory_not_exists() {
+    Playground::setup("ls_test_directory_not_exists", |dirs, _sandbox| {
+        let actual = nu!(cwd: dirs.test(), "ls a_directory_not_exists");
+        assert!(actual.err.contains("directory not found"));
+    })
+}