diff --git a/fs/vfs/vfs_cmd/vfs_shellcmd.c b/fs/vfs/vfs_cmd/vfs_shellcmd.c
index 0c95699e..29aa4bd0 100644
--- a/fs/vfs/vfs_cmd/vfs_shellcmd.c
+++ b/fs/vfs/vfs_cmd/vfs_shellcmd.c
@@ -837,6 +837,10 @@ static int os_shell_cmd_do_rmdir(const char *pathname)
       return remove(pathname);
     }
   d = opendir(pathname);
+  if (d == NULL)
+    {
+      return -1;
+    }
   while (1)
     {
       dirent = readdir(d);