diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/dashboard/sysadmin.py b/lms/djangoapps/dashboard/sysadmin.py
index a63cea5863..e42a9ac6de 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/dashboard/sysadmin.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/dashboard/sysadmin.py
@@ -358,6 +358,8 @@ class Courses(SysadminDashboardView):
             info = [output_json['commit'],
                     output_json['date'],
                     output_json['author'], ]
+        except OSError as error:
+            log.warning(text_type(u"Error fetching git data: %s - %s"), text_type(cdir), text_type(error))
         except (ValueError, subprocess.CalledProcessError):
             pass