diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/tasks/KotlinNativeTasks.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/tasks/KotlinNativeTasks.kt
index 9c79b0d8de5..6b3511a93cd 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/tasks/KotlinNativeTasks.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/tasks/KotlinNativeTasks.kt
@@ -837,14 +837,15 @@ internal class CacheBuilder(val project: Project, val binary: NativeBinary, val
 
     private fun ensureCompilerProvidedLibsPrecached() {
         val distribution = Distribution(project.konanHome)
-        val platformLibs = (listOf(File(distribution.stdlib)) + File(distribution.platformLibs(konanTarget))
-            .listFiles()).associateBy { it.name }
+        val platformLibs = mutableListOf<File>().apply {
+            this += File(distribution.stdlib)
+            this += File(distribution.platformLibs(konanTarget)).listFiles().orEmpty()
+        }.associateBy { it.name }
         val visitedLibs = mutableSetOf<String>()
         for (platformLibName in platformLibs.keys)
             ensureCompilerProvidedLibPrecached(platformLibName, platformLibs, visitedLibs)
     }
 
-
     fun buildCompilerArgs(): List<String> = mutableListOf<String>().apply {
         if (konanCacheKind != NativeCacheKind.NONE && !optimized && cacheWorksFor(konanTarget, project)) {
             rootCacheDirectory.mkdirs()