diff --git a/lldb/source/Plugins/Process/Linux/Procfs.cpp b/lldb/source/Plugins/Process/Linux/Procfs.cpp
index d3bd396fbaeab..4349a2b1adb9d 100644
--- a/lldb/source/Plugins/Process/Linux/Procfs.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Plugins/Process/Linux/Procfs.cpp
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ lldb_private::process_linux::GetAvailableLogicalCoreIDs() {
 llvm::Expected<int> lldb_private::process_linux::GetPtraceScope() {
   ErrorOr<std::unique_ptr<MemoryBuffer>> ptrace_scope_file =
       getProcFile("sys/kernel/yama/ptrace_scope");
-  if (!*ptrace_scope_file)
+  if (!ptrace_scope_file)
     return errorCodeToError(ptrace_scope_file.getError());
   // The contents should be something like "1\n". Trim it so we get "1".
   StringRef buffer = (*ptrace_scope_file)->getBuffer().trim();
diff --git a/lldb/unittests/Process/Linux/ProcfsTests.cpp b/lldb/unittests/Process/Linux/ProcfsTests.cpp
index e7af1f469c2bf..534e3e132ec62 100644
--- a/lldb/unittests/Process/Linux/ProcfsTests.cpp
+++ b/lldb/unittests/Process/Linux/ProcfsTests.cpp
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ TEST(Perf, RealLogicalCoreIDs) {
   ASSERT_GT((int)cpu_ids->size(), 0) << "We must see at least one core";
 }
 
-TEST(Perf, RealPtraceScope) {
+TEST(Perf, RealPtraceScopeWhenExist) {
   // We first check we can read /proc/sys/kernel/yama/ptrace_scope
   auto buffer_or_error =
       errorOrToExpected(getProcFile("sys/kernel/yama/ptrace_scope"));
@@ -120,6 +120,21 @@ TEST(Perf, RealPtraceScope) {
       << "Sensible values of ptrace_scope are between 0 and 3";
 }
 
+TEST(Perf, RealPtraceScopeWhenNotExist) {
+  // We first check we can NOT read /proc/sys/kernel/yama/ptrace_scope
+  auto buffer_or_error =
+      errorOrToExpected(getProcFile("sys/kernel/yama/ptrace_scope"));
+  if (buffer_or_error)
+    GTEST_SKIP() << "In order for this test to run, "
+                    "/proc/sys/kernel/yama/ptrace_scope should not exist";
+  consumeError(buffer_or_error.takeError());
+
+  // At this point we should fail parsing the ptrace_scope value.
+  Expected<int> ptrace_scope = GetPtraceScope();
+  ASSERT_FALSE((bool)ptrace_scope);
+  consumeError(ptrace_scope.takeError());
+}
+
 #ifdef LLVM_ENABLE_THREADING
 TEST(Support, getProcFile_Tid) {
   auto BufferOrError = getProcFile(getpid(), llvm::get_threadid(), "comm");