diff --git a/src/Local/LocalFilesystemAdapter.php b/src/Local/LocalFilesystemAdapter.php
index ac0a693c9..24fe86967 100644
--- a/src/Local/LocalFilesystemAdapter.php
+++ b/src/Local/LocalFilesystemAdapter.php
@@ -367,6 +367,11 @@ public function mimeType(string $path): FileAttributes
     {
         $location = $this->prefixer->prefixPath($path);
         error_clear_last();
+
+        if ( ! is_file($location)) {
+            throw UnableToRetrieveMetadata::mimeType($location, 'No such file exists.');
+        }
+
         $mimeType = $this->mimeTypeDetector->detectMimeTypeFromFile($location);
 
         if ($mimeType === null) {
diff --git a/src/Local/LocalFilesystemAdapterTest.php b/src/Local/LocalFilesystemAdapterTest.php
index b6bc96107..f05f214fa 100644
--- a/src/Local/LocalFilesystemAdapterTest.php
+++ b/src/Local/LocalFilesystemAdapterTest.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 namespace League\Flysystem\Local;
 
+use League\MimeTypeDetection\FinfoMimeTypeDetector;
 use const LOCK_EX;
 use League\Flysystem\AdapterTestUtilities\FilesystemAdapterTestCase;
 use League\Flysystem\Config;
@@ -539,7 +540,10 @@ public function fetching_unknown_mime_type_of_a_file(): void
     public function not_being_able_to_get_mimetype(): void
     {
         $this->expectException(UnableToRetrieveMetadata::class);
-        $adapter = new LocalFilesystemAdapter(static::ROOT);
+        $adapter = new LocalFilesystemAdapter(
+            location: static::ROOT,
+            mimeTypeDetector: new FinfoMimeTypeDetector(),
+        );
         $adapter->mimeType('flysystem.svg');
     }