diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/69451-fix-fileglob-nonexistent-subdirs.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/69451-fix-fileglob-nonexistent-subdirs.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7d12124664e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/69451-fix-fileglob-nonexistent-subdirs.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+bugfixes:
+- Fix an issue with the ``fileglob`` plugin where passing a subdirectory of
+  non-existent directory would cause it to fail -
+  https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/69450
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/lookup/fileglob.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/lookup/fileglob.py
index 2460ba15ddd..503973ce46a 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/lookup/fileglob.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/lookup/fileglob.py
@@ -72,8 +72,9 @@ class LookupModule(LookupBase):
                     found_paths.append(p)
 
             for dwimmed_path in found_paths:
-                globbed = glob.glob(to_bytes(os.path.join(dwimmed_path, term_file), errors='surrogate_or_strict'))
-                ret.extend(to_text(g, errors='surrogate_or_strict') for g in globbed if os.path.isfile(g))
-                if ret:
-                    break
+                if dwimmed_path:
+                    globbed = glob.glob(to_bytes(os.path.join(dwimmed_path, term_file), errors='surrogate_or_strict'))
+                    ret.extend(to_text(g, errors='surrogate_or_strict') for g in globbed if os.path.isfile(g))
+                    if ret:
+                        break
         return ret
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/fileglob/non_existent/play.yml b/test/integration/targets/fileglob/non_existent/play.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e92dff5accf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/fileglob/non_existent/play.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+- hosts: localhost
+  gather_facts: false
+  tasks:
+    - name: fileglob should be empty
+      assert:
+        that: q("fileglob", seed) | length == 0
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/fileglob/runme.sh b/test/integration/targets/fileglob/runme.sh
index 1ca7e1b7adf..1e0297c79d0 100755
--- a/test/integration/targets/fileglob/runme.sh
+++ b/test/integration/targets/fileglob/runme.sh
@@ -7,3 +7,9 @@ for seed in play_adj play_adj_subdir somepath/play_adj_subsubdir in_role otherpa
 do
 	ansible-playbook find_levels/play.yml -e "seed='${seed}'" "$@"
 done
+
+# non-existent paths
+for seed in foo foo/bar foo/bar/baz
+do
+	ansible-playbook non_existent/play.yml -e "seed='${seed}'" "$@"
+done