diff --git a/.github/actions/support-package-metadata/create-metadata-dir.sh b/.github/actions/support-package-metadata/create-metadata-dir.sh
index c38bc10830..bdb9a25876 100755
--- a/.github/actions/support-package-metadata/create-metadata-dir.sh
+++ b/.github/actions/support-package-metadata/create-metadata-dir.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@ for version_dir in /tmp/support-packages/metadata/collector-versions/*; do
     version="$(basename "$version_dir")"
     git checkout "${version}"
 
-    cp "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/kernel-modules/MODULE_VERSION" "${version_dir}/MODULE_VERSION"
+    module_version_file="${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/kernel-modules/MODULE_VERSION"
+    if [[ -f "${module_version_file}" ]]; then
+        cp "${module_version_file}" "${version_dir}/MODULE_VERSION"
+    fi
 done
 
 git checkout "${BRANCH_NAME}"
diff --git a/kernel-modules/support-packages/03-group-by-module-version.sh b/kernel-modules/support-packages/03-group-by-module-version.sh
index 3645c5b5c1..d0ffecd06e 100755
--- a/kernel-modules/support-packages/03-group-by-module-version.sh
+++ b/kernel-modules/support-packages/03-group-by-module-version.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ MD_DIR="$1"
 
 for version_dir in "${MD_DIR}/collector-versions"/*; do
     [[ -d "$version_dir" ]] || continue
+    [[ -f "${version_dir}/MODULE_VERSION" ]] || continue
 
     module_version="$(< "${version_dir}/MODULE_VERSION")"