diff --git a/tests/lib/testcase.php b/tests/lib/testcase.php
index 3b7ad2a9632ce41e8e3cf019699c2acc738aa1f0..c1ebfb025cf6092488aa914701309b6d3498087f 100644
--- a/tests/lib/testcase.php
+++ b/tests/lib/testcase.php
@@ -174,7 +174,9 @@ abstract class TestCase extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
 		\OC\Files\Filesystem::tearDown();
 		\OC_User::setUserId($user);
 		\OC_Util::setupFS($user);
-		\OC::$server->getUserFolder($user);
+		if (\OC_User::userExists($user)) {
+			\OC::$server->getUserFolder($user);
+		}
 	}
 
 	/**