diff --git a/lib/bash/collect_mysql_info.sh b/lib/bash/collect_mysql_info.sh
index ff79deb6..ba35831a 100644
--- a/lib/bash/collect_mysql_info.sh
+++ b/lib/bash/collect_mysql_info.sh
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ collect_mysql_info () {
    local port="$(get_var port "$dir/mysql-variables")"
    local cnf_file="$(find_my_cnf_file "$dir/mysqld-instances" ${port})"
 
-   cat "$cnf_file" > "$dir/mysql-config-file"
+   [ -e "$cnf_file" ] && cat "$cnf_file" > "$dir/mysql-config-file"
 
    local pid_file="$(get_var "pid_file" "$dir/mysql-variables")"
    local pid_file_exists=""
diff --git a/t/lib/bash/collect_mysql_info.sh b/t/lib/bash/collect_mysql_info.sh
index d021460c..390d051c 100644
--- a/t/lib/bash/collect_mysql_info.sh
+++ b/t/lib/bash/collect_mysql_info.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ wait
 
 file_count=$(ls "$p" | wc -l)
 
-is $file_count 14 "Creates the correct number of files (without --databases)"
+is $file_count 13 "Creates the correct number of files (without --databases)"
 
 awk '{print $1}' "$p/mysqld-instances" > "$PT_TMPDIR/collect_mysqld_instances1.test"
 pids="$(_pidof mysqld)"