diff --git a/src/Storage/Validators/FileType.php b/src/Storage/Validators/FileType.php
index 0f1870e704..711bdb8263 100644
--- a/src/Storage/Validators/FileType.php
+++ b/src/Storage/Validators/FileType.php
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ class FileType extends Validator
      */
     public function isValid($path)
     {
+        if(!\is_readable($path)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
         $handle = fopen($path, 'r');
 
         if (!$handle) {
diff --git a/tests/resources/disk-b/kitten-1.png b/tests/resources/disk-b/kitten-1.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..25df7c3431
Binary files /dev/null and b/tests/resources/disk-b/kitten-1.png differ
diff --git a/tests/resources/disk-b/kitten-2.png b/tests/resources/disk-b/kitten-2.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8629a6a768
Binary files /dev/null and b/tests/resources/disk-b/kitten-2.png differ
diff --git a/tests/unit/Storage/Validators/FileTypeTest.php b/tests/unit/Storage/Validators/FileTypeTest.php
index 24eb16a4ce..a6cb115aaf 100644
--- a/tests/unit/Storage/Validators/FileTypeTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/Storage/Validators/FileTypeTest.php
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ class FileTypeTest extends TestCase
     {
         $this->assertEquals($this->object->isValid(__DIR__ . '/../../../resources/disk-a/kitten-1.jpg'), true);
         $this->assertEquals($this->object->isValid(__DIR__ . '/../../../resources/disk-a/kitten-2.jpg'), true);
-        $this->assertEquals($this->object->isValid(__DIR__ . '/../../../resources/disk-a/kitten-2.jpg'), true);
+        $this->assertEquals($this->object->isValid(__DIR__ . '/../../../resources/disk-b/kitten-1.png'), false);
+        $this->assertEquals($this->object->isValid(__DIR__ . '/../../../resources/disk-b/kitten-2.png'), false);
     }
 }
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