diff --git a/lib/plugins/slstats/slstats.js b/lib/plugins/slstats/slstats.js
index cc13b397b..5eff6ca01 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/slstats/slstats.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/slstats/slstats.js
@@ -38,17 +38,22 @@ class SlStats {
     const statsDisabledFilePath = path.join(serverlessDirPath, 'stats-disabled');
     const statsEnabledFilePath = path.join(serverlessDirPath, 'stats-enabled');
 
-    if (this.options.enable && !this.options.disable) {
-      if (this.serverless.utils.fileExistsSync(statsDisabledFilePath)) {
-        fse.renameSync(statsDisabledFilePath, statsEnabledFilePath);
+    try {
+      if (this.options.enable && !this.options.disable) {
+        if (fse.lstatSync(statsDisabledFilePath).isFile()) {
+          fse.renameSync(statsDisabledFilePath, statsEnabledFilePath);
+        }
+        this.serverless.cli.log('Stats successfully enabled');
       }
-      this.serverless.cli.log('Stats successfully enabled');
-    }
-    if (this.options.disable && !this.options.enable) {
-      if (this.serverless.utils.fileExistsSync(statsEnabledFilePath)) {
-        fse.renameSync(statsEnabledFilePath, statsDisabledFilePath);
+      if (this.options.disable && !this.options.enable) {
+        if (fse.lstatSync(statsEnabledFilePath).isFile()) {
+          fse.renameSync(statsEnabledFilePath, statsDisabledFilePath);
+        }
+        this.serverless.cli.log('Stats successfully disabled');
       }
-      this.serverless.cli.log('Stats successfully disabled');
+    } catch (error) {
+      throw new this.serverless.classes
+      .Error(`Enabling / Disabling of statistics failed: ${error.message}`);
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/lib/plugins/slstats/tests/slstats.js b/lib/plugins/slstats/tests/slstats.js
index f01c22393..3ce6ad13e 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/slstats/tests/slstats.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/slstats/tests/slstats.js
@@ -82,6 +82,19 @@ describe('SlStats', () => {
       ).to.equal(false);
     });
 
+    it('should throw an error if the stats file does not exist', () => {
+      slStats.options = { enable: true };
+
+      expect(() => slStats.toggleStats()).to.throw(Error,
+      /Enabling \/ Disabling of statistics failed: ENOENT: no such file or directory, lstat/);
+      expect(
+        serverless.utils.fileExistsSync(path.join(serverlessDirPath, 'stats-enabled'))
+      ).to.equal(false);
+      expect(
+        serverless.utils.fileExistsSync(path.join(serverlessDirPath, 'stats-disabled'))
+      ).to.equal(false);
+    });
+
     afterEach(() => {
       // recover the homeDir
       process.env.HOME = homeDir;