diff --git a/packages/jest-resolve/src/fileWalkers.ts b/packages/jest-resolve/src/fileWalkers.ts
index 50777ba0fa50..6821310439fb 100644
--- a/packages/jest-resolve/src/fileWalkers.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-resolve/src/fileWalkers.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,14 @@ function statSyncCached(path: string): IPathType {
     return result;
   }
 
-  const stat = fs.statSync(path, {throwIfNoEntry: false});
+  let stat;
+  try {
+    stat = fs.statSync(path, {throwIfNoEntry: false});
+  } catch (e: any) {
+    if (!(e && (e.code === 'ENOENT' || e.code === 'ENOTDIR'))) {
+      throw e;
+    }
+  }
 
   if (stat) {
     if (stat.isFile() || stat.isFIFO()) {
diff --git a/packages/jest-runtime/src/__tests__/runtime_require_module.test.js b/packages/jest-runtime/src/__tests__/runtime_require_module.test.js
index 639e4c4503f5..46bd064769e8 100644
--- a/packages/jest-runtime/src/__tests__/runtime_require_module.test.js
+++ b/packages/jest-runtime/src/__tests__/runtime_require_module.test.js
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ describe('Runtime requireModule', () => {
       'exports',
       'filename',
       'id',
+      'isPreloading',
       'loaded',
       'path',
       'parent',
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ describe('Runtime requireModule', () => {
       'exports',
       'filename',
       'id',
+      'isPreloading',
       'loaded',
       'path',
       'parent',