diff --git a/base/file.cpp b/base/file.cpp
index 2f697a1..d6fe753 100644
--- a/base/file.cpp
+++ b/base/file.cpp
@@ -199,17 +199,23 @@
 bool RemoveFileIfExists(const std::string& path, std::string* err) {
   struct stat st;
 #if defined(_WIN32)
-  //TODO: Windows version can't handle symbol link correctly.
+  // TODO: Windows version can't handle symbolic links correctly.
   int result = stat(path.c_str(), &st);
   bool file_type_removable = (result == 0 && S_ISREG(st.st_mode));
 #else
   int result = lstat(path.c_str(), &st);
   bool file_type_removable = (result == 0 && (S_ISREG(st.st_mode) || S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)));
 #endif
+  if (result == -1) {
+    if (errno == ENOENT || errno == ENOTDIR) return true;
+    if (err != nullptr) *err = strerror(errno);
+    return false;
+  }
+
   if (result == 0) {
     if (!file_type_removable) {
       if (err != nullptr) {
-        *err = "is not a regular or symbol link file";
+        *err = "is not a regular file or symbolic link";
       }
       return false;
     }
diff --git a/base/file_test.cpp b/base/file_test.cpp
index 02b431d..6794652 100644
--- a/base/file_test.cpp
+++ b/base/file_test.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@
 
 #include "android-base/test_utils.h"
 
+#if !defined(_WIN32)
+#include <pwd.h>
+#endif
+
 TEST(file, ReadFileToString_ENOENT) {
   std::string s("hello");
   errno = 0;
@@ -115,7 +119,7 @@
   ASSERT_FALSE(android::base::ReadFully(tf.fd, &s[0], s.size()));
 }
 
-TEST(file, RemoveFileIfExist) {
+TEST(file, RemoveFileIfExists) {
   TemporaryFile tf;
   ASSERT_TRUE(tf.fd != -1);
   close(tf.fd);
@@ -126,9 +130,43 @@
   TemporaryDir td;
   ASSERT_FALSE(android::base::RemoveFileIfExists(td.path));
   ASSERT_FALSE(android::base::RemoveFileIfExists(td.path, &err));
-  ASSERT_EQ("is not a regular or symbol link file", err);
+  ASSERT_EQ("is not a regular file or symbolic link", err);
 }
 
+TEST(file, RemoveFileIfExists_ENOTDIR) {
+  TemporaryFile tf;
+  close(tf.fd);
+  tf.fd = -1;
+  std::string err{"xxx"};
+  ASSERT_TRUE(android::base::RemoveFileIfExists(std::string{tf.path} + "/abc", &err));
+  ASSERT_EQ("xxx", err);
+}
+
+#if !defined(_WIN32)
+TEST(file, RemoveFileIfExists_EACCES) {
+  // EACCES -- one of the directories in the path has no search permission
+  // root can bypass permission restrictions, so drop root.
+  if (getuid() == 0) {
+    passwd* shell = getpwnam("shell");
+    setgid(shell->pw_gid);
+    setuid(shell->pw_uid);
+  }
+
+  TemporaryDir td;
+  TemporaryFile tf(td.path);
+  close(tf.fd);
+  tf.fd = -1;
+  std::string err{"xxx"};
+  // Remove dir's search permission.
+  ASSERT_TRUE(chmod(td.path, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR) == 0);
+  ASSERT_FALSE(android::base::RemoveFileIfExists(tf.path, &err));
+  ASSERT_EQ("Permission denied", err);
+  // Set dir's search permission again.
+  ASSERT_TRUE(chmod(td.path, S_IRWXU) == 0);
+  ASSERT_TRUE(android::base::RemoveFileIfExists(tf.path, &err));
+}
+#endif
+
 TEST(file, Readlink) {
 #if !defined(_WIN32)
   // Linux doesn't allow empty symbolic links.