diff --git a/lib/fileutils.rb b/lib/fileutils.rb
index 8ae5266864..4ba7d18a5d 100644
--- a/lib/fileutils.rb
+++ b/lib/fileutils.rb
@@ -2328,13 +2328,21 @@ module FileUtils
 
     def postorder_traverse
       if directory?
-        entries().each do |ent|
+        begin
+          children = entries()
+        rescue Errno::EACCES
+          # Failed to get the list of children.
+          # Assuming there is no children, try to process the parent directory.
+          yield self
+          return
+        end
+
+        children.each do |ent|
           ent.postorder_traverse do |e|
             yield e
           end
         end
       end
-    ensure
       yield self
     end
 
diff --git a/test/fileutils/test_fileutils.rb b/test/fileutils/test_fileutils.rb
index 8c49eb39bb..05ba8d184a 100644
--- a/test/fileutils/test_fileutils.rb
+++ b/test/fileutils/test_fileutils.rb
@@ -750,6 +750,24 @@ class TestFileUtils < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_file_not_exist 'tmp/tmpdir3'
   end
 
+  def test_rm_r_no_permissions
+    check_singleton :rm_rf
+
+    return if /mswin|mingw/ =~ RUBY_PLATFORM
+
+    mkdir 'tmpdatadir'
+    touch 'tmpdatadir/tmpdata'
+    chmod "-x", 'tmpdatadir'
+
+    begin
+      assert_raise Errno::EACCES do
+        rm_r 'tmpdatadir'
+      end
+    ensure
+      chmod "+x", 'tmpdatadir'
+    end
+  end
+
   def test_remove_entry_cjk_path
     dir = "tmpdir\u3042"
     my_rm_rf dir