diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/utils.py b/rhodecode/lib/utils.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/utils.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/utils.py
@@ -201,9 +201,11 @@ def get_filesystem_repos(path, recursive
     log.debug('now scanning in %s location recursive:%s...' % (path, recursive))
 
     def _get_repos(p):
+        if not os.access(p, os.R_OK) or not os.access(p, os.X_OK):
+            log.warn('ignoring repo path without access: %s', p)
+            return
         if not os.access(p, os.W_OK):
-            log.warn('ignoring repo path without write access: %s', p)
-            return
+            log.warn('repo path without write access: %s', p)
         for dirpath in os.listdir(p):
             if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(p, dirpath)):
                 continue