diff --git a/src/Filesystem/AbstractAdapter.php b/src/Filesystem/AbstractAdapter.php
index 33f40b3c576..4db3fbd6466 100644
--- a/src/Filesystem/AbstractAdapter.php
+++ b/src/Filesystem/AbstractAdapter.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace Statamic\Filesystem;
 
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Filesystem\FileNotFoundException;
+use League\Flysystem\UnableToReadFile;
 use Statamic\Support\FileCollection;
 use Statamic\Support\Str;
 
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ public function get($path, $fallback = null)
     {
         try {
             return $this->filesystem->get($this->normalizePath($path)) ?: $fallback;
-        } catch (FileNotFoundException $e) {
+        } catch (FileNotFoundException|UnableToReadFile $e) {
             return $fallback;
         }
     }
diff --git a/tests/Assets/AssetTest.php b/tests/Assets/AssetTest.php
index 2ca77788625..a8a520edf2b 100644
--- a/tests/Assets/AssetTest.php
+++ b/tests/Assets/AssetTest.php
@@ -838,6 +838,50 @@ public function it_generates_meta_on_demand_if_it_doesnt_exist()
         $this->assertEquals($metaWithData, Cache::get($asset->metaCacheKey()));
     }
 
+    #[Test]
+    public function it_generates_meta_on_demand_if_it_doesnt_exist_on_a_disk_that_throws_exceptions()
+    {
+        Storage::fake('test', ['throw' => true]);
+
+        $file = UploadedFile::fake()->image('image.jpg', 30, 60); // creates a 723 byte image
+        Storage::disk('test')->putFileAs('foo', $file, 'image.jpg');
+        $realFilePath = Storage::disk('test')->path('foo/image.jpg');
+        touch($realFilePath, $timestamp = Carbon::parse('2021-02-22 09:41:42')->timestamp);
+
+        $container = Facades\AssetContainer::make('test')->disk('test');
+        $asset = (new Asset)->container($container)->path('foo/image.jpg');
+
+        $meta = [
+            'data' => [],
+            'size' => 723,
+            'last_modified' => $timestamp,
+            'width' => 30,
+            'height' => 60,
+            'mime_type' => 'image/jpeg',
+            'duration' => null,
+        ];
+
+        $this->assertEquals($meta, $asset->meta());
+        $this->assertEquals($meta, YAML::parse(Storage::disk('test')->get('foo/.meta/image.jpg.yaml')));
+    }
+
+    #[Test]
+    public function it_uploads_to_a_disk_that_throws_exceptions_while_the_last_modified_index_is_in_use()
+    {
+        Storage::fake('test', ['throw' => true]);
+
+        $container = Facades\AssetContainer::make('test')->disk('test')->save();
+
+        Facades\Stache::store('assets::test')->cacheIndexUsage('last_modified');
+
+        $asset = $container->makeAsset('image.jpg');
+
+        $asset->upload(UploadedFile::fake()->image('image.jpg', 30, 60));
+
+        $this->assertTrue(Storage::disk('test')->exists('.meta/image.jpg.yaml'));
+        $this->assertNotNull($asset->lastModified());
+    }
+
     #[Test]
     public function it_generates_meta_on_demand_if_a_required_value_is_missing()
     {
diff --git a/tests/Filesystem/FlysystemAdapterTest.php b/tests/Filesystem/FlysystemAdapterTest.php
index b3c2441c2b6..b7f45a04687 100644
--- a/tests/Filesystem/FlysystemAdapterTest.php
+++ b/tests/Filesystem/FlysystemAdapterTest.php
@@ -41,6 +41,18 @@ protected function makeAdapter()
         return new FlysystemAdapter($this->filesystem);
     }
 
+    #[Test]
+    public function gets_fallback_if_file_doesnt_exist_on_a_disk_that_throws_exceptions()
+    {
+        $adapter = new FlysystemAdapter(Storage::build([
+            'driver' => 'local',
+            'root' => $this->tempDir,
+            'throw' => true,
+        ]));
+
+        $this->assertEquals('Hello World', $adapter->get('filename.txt', 'Hello World'));
+    }
+
     #[Test]
     public function it_normalizes_relative_paths()
     {