diff --git a/docker/registries_d.go b/docker/registries_d.go
index 3619c3baef..89d48cc4fe 100644
--- a/docker/registries_d.go
+++ b/docker/registries_d.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package docker
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"io/fs"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"path"
@@ -129,6 +130,11 @@ func loadAndMergeConfig(dirPath string) (*registryConfiguration, error) {
 		configPath := filepath.Join(dirPath, configName)
 		configBytes, err := os.ReadFile(configPath)
 		if err != nil {
+			if errors.Is(err, fs.ErrNotExist) {
+				// file must have been removed between the directory listing
+				// and the open call, ignore that as it is a expected race
+				continue
+			}
 			return nil, err
 		}
 
diff --git a/pkg/sysregistriesv2/system_registries_v2.go b/pkg/sysregistriesv2/system_registries_v2.go
index 1b161474da..9ac050512a 100644
--- a/pkg/sysregistriesv2/system_registries_v2.go
+++ b/pkg/sysregistriesv2/system_registries_v2.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package sysregistriesv2
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/fs"
 	"os"
@@ -744,6 +745,11 @@ func tryUpdatingCache(ctx *types.SystemContext, wrapper configWrapper) (*parsedC
 		// Enforce v2 format for drop-in-configs.
 		dropIn, err := loadConfigFile(path, true)
 		if err != nil {
+			if errors.Is(err, fs.ErrNotExist) {
+				// file must have been removed between the directory listing
+				// and the open call, ignore that as it is a expected race
+				continue
+			}
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("loading drop-in registries configuration %q: %w", path, err)
 		}
 		config.updateWithConfigurationFrom(dropIn)
diff --git a/pkg/tlsclientconfig/tlsclientconfig.go b/pkg/tlsclientconfig/tlsclientconfig.go
index f6c0576e07..4e0ee57e91 100644
--- a/pkg/tlsclientconfig/tlsclientconfig.go
+++ b/pkg/tlsclientconfig/tlsclientconfig.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package tlsclientconfig
 import (
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"crypto/x509"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
@@ -36,12 +37,9 @@ func SetupCertificates(dir string, tlsc *tls.Config) error {
 			logrus.Debugf(" crt: %s", fullPath)
 			data, err := os.ReadFile(fullPath)
 			if err != nil {
-				if os.IsNotExist(err) {
-					// Dangling symbolic link?
-					// Race with someone who deleted the
-					// file after we read the directory's
-					// list of contents?
-					logrus.Warnf("error reading certificate %q: %v", fullPath, err)
+				if errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
+					// file must have been removed between the directory listing
+					// and the open call, ignore that as it is a expected race
 					continue
 				}
 				return err