diff --git a/src/yunohost/service.py b/src/yunohost/service.py
index b252f0873..743efa6da 100644
--- a/src/yunohost/service.py
+++ b/src/yunohost/service.py
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ def service_log(name, number=50):
     for log_path in log_list:
         # log is a file, read it
         if not os.path.isdir(log_path):
-            result[log_path] = _tail(log_path, int(number))
+            result[log_path] = _tail(log_path, int(number)) if os.path.exists(log_path) else []
             continue
 
         for log_file in os.listdir(log_path):
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ def service_log(name, number=50):
             if not log_file.endswith(".log"):
                 continue
 
-            result[log_file_path] = _tail(log_file_path, int(number))
+            result[log_file_path] = _tail(log_file_path, int(number)) if os.path.exists(log_file_path) else []
 
     return result