diff --git a/src/readahead-collect.c b/src/readahead-collect.c
index 3c48a02fc9e..913a34005e3 100644
--- a/src/readahead-collect.c
+++ b/src/readahead-collect.c
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ static int collect(const char *root) {
 
                 if ((n = read(fanotify_fd, &data, sizeof(data))) < 0) {
 
-                        if (errno == EINTR || errno == EAGAIN)
+                        if (errno == EINTR || errno == EAGAIN || errno == EACCES)
                                 continue;
 
                         log_error("Failed to read event: %m");