diff --git a/libs/ardour/audio_diskstream.cc b/libs/ardour/audio_diskstream.cc
index ceee6467ab..14eef2961b 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/audio_diskstream.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/audio_diskstream.cc
@@ -2255,6 +2255,12 @@ AudioDiskstream::use_pending_capture_data (XMLNode& node)
 				continue;
 			}
 
+			// This protects sessions from errant CapturingSources in stored sessions
+			struct stat sbuf;
+			if (stat (prop->value().c_str(), &sbuf)) {
+				continue;
+			}
+
 			try {
 				fs = boost::dynamic_pointer_cast<AudioFileSource> (
 					SourceFactory::createWritable (DataType::AUDIO, _session, prop->value(), false, _session.frame_rate()));