diff --git a/libnativebridge/native_bridge.cc b/libnativebridge/native_bridge.cc
index f63497b..a9671a9 100644
--- a/libnativebridge/native_bridge.cc
+++ b/libnativebridge/native_bridge.cc
@@ -109,6 +109,13 @@
   }
 }
 
+static void ReleaseAppCodeCacheDir() {
+  if (app_code_cache_dir != nullptr) {
+    delete[] app_code_cache_dir;
+    app_code_cache_dir = nullptr;
+  }
+}
+
 // We only allow simple names for the library. It is supposed to be a file in
 // /system/lib or /vendor/lib. Only allow a small range of characters, that is
 // names consisting of [a-zA-Z0-9._-] and starting with [a-zA-Z].
@@ -162,8 +169,7 @@
 static void CloseNativeBridge(bool with_error) {
   state = NativeBridgeState::kClosed;
   had_error |= with_error;
-  delete[] app_code_cache_dir;
-  app_code_cache_dir = nullptr;
+  ReleaseAppCodeCacheDir();
 }
 
 bool LoadNativeBridge(const char* nb_library_filename,
@@ -406,16 +412,16 @@
     if (stat(app_code_cache_dir, &st) == -1) {
       if (errno == ENOENT) {
         if (mkdir(app_code_cache_dir, S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IXOTH) == -1) {
-          ALOGE("Cannot create code cache directory %s: %s.", app_code_cache_dir, strerror(errno));
-          CloseNativeBridge(true);
+          ALOGW("Cannot create code cache directory %s: %s.", app_code_cache_dir, strerror(errno));
+          ReleaseAppCodeCacheDir();
         }
       } else {
-        ALOGE("Cannot stat code cache directory %s: %s.", app_code_cache_dir, strerror(errno));
-        CloseNativeBridge(true);
+        ALOGW("Cannot stat code cache directory %s: %s.", app_code_cache_dir, strerror(errno));
+        ReleaseAppCodeCacheDir();
       }
     } else if (!S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
-      ALOGE("Code cache is not a directory %s.", app_code_cache_dir);
-      CloseNativeBridge(true);
+      ALOGW("Code cache is not a directory %s.", app_code_cache_dir);
+      ReleaseAppCodeCacheDir();
     }
 
     // If we're still PreInitialized (dind't fail the code cache checks) try to initialize.
@@ -424,8 +430,7 @@
         SetupEnvironment(callbacks, env, instruction_set);
         state = NativeBridgeState::kInitialized;
         // We no longer need the code cache path, release the memory.
-        delete[] app_code_cache_dir;
-        app_code_cache_dir = nullptr;
+        ReleaseAppCodeCacheDir();
       } else {
         // Unload the library.
         dlclose(native_bridge_handle);
diff --git a/libnativebridge/tests/Android.mk b/libnativebridge/tests/Android.mk
index 285e8c2..7265939 100644
--- a/libnativebridge/tests/Android.mk
+++ b/libnativebridge/tests/Android.mk
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 test_src_files := \
     CodeCacheCreate_test.cpp \
     CodeCacheExists_test.cpp \
+    CodeCacheStatFail_test.cpp \
     CompleteFlow_test.cpp \
     InvalidCharsNativeBridge_test.cpp \
     NativeBridge2Signal_test.cpp \
diff --git a/libnativebridge/tests/CodeCacheStatFail_test.cpp b/libnativebridge/tests/CodeCacheStatFail_test.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ea519e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libnativebridge/tests/CodeCacheStatFail_test.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include "NativeBridgeTest.h"
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+
+namespace android {
+
+// Tests that the bridge is initialized without errors if the code_cache is
+// existed as a file.
+TEST_F(NativeBridgeTest, CodeCacheStatFail) {
+    int fd = creat(kCodeCache, O_RDWR);
+    ASSERT_NE(-1, fd);
+    close(fd);
+
+    struct stat st;
+    ASSERT_EQ(-1, stat(kCodeCacheStatFail, &st));
+    ASSERT_EQ(ENOTDIR, errno);
+
+    // Init
+    ASSERT_TRUE(LoadNativeBridge(kNativeBridgeLibrary, nullptr));
+    ASSERT_TRUE(PreInitializeNativeBridge(kCodeCacheStatFail, "isa"));
+    ASSERT_TRUE(InitializeNativeBridge(nullptr, nullptr));
+    ASSERT_TRUE(NativeBridgeAvailable());
+    ASSERT_FALSE(NativeBridgeError());
+
+    // Clean up
+    UnloadNativeBridge();
+
+    ASSERT_FALSE(NativeBridgeError());
+    unlink(kCodeCache);
+}
+
+}  // namespace android
diff --git a/libnativebridge/tests/NativeBridgeTest.h b/libnativebridge/tests/NativeBridgeTest.h
index 6a5c126..d489420 100644
--- a/libnativebridge/tests/NativeBridgeTest.h
+++ b/libnativebridge/tests/NativeBridgeTest.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
 constexpr const char* kNativeBridgeLibrary = "libnativebridge-dummy.so";
 constexpr const char* kCodeCache = "./code_cache";
+constexpr const char* kCodeCacheStatFail = "./code_cache/temp";
 
 namespace android {