diff --git a/src/Common/BootEncryption.cpp b/src/Common/BootEncryption.cpp
index 6a688a5c..86b7e07f 100644
--- a/src/Common/BootEncryption.cpp
+++ b/src/Common/BootEncryption.cpp
@@ -5043,6 +5043,12 @@ namespace VeraCrypt
 
 			EfiBootInst.PrepareBootPartition();		
 
+			if (!EfiBootInst.FileExists (szStdMsBootloader))
+			{
+				Error ("WINDOWS_EFI_BOOT_LOADER_MISSING", ParentWindow);
+				throw UserAbort (SRC_POS);
+			}
+
 			EfiBootInst.GetFileSize(szStdMsBootloader, loaderSize);
 			bootLoaderBuf.resize ((size_t) loaderSize);
 			EfiBootInst.ReadFile(szStdMsBootloader, &bootLoaderBuf[0], (DWORD) loaderSize);