diff --git a/test-report/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/testreport/FlakyTestReporter.java b/test-report/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/testreport/FlakyTestReporter.java
index 0af2383ea5cf..6bb7eebaa972 100644
--- a/test-report/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/testreport/FlakyTestReporter.java
+++ b/test-report/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/testreport/FlakyTestReporter.java
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ private void scanTestResults(Path buildDir) throws IOException {
           @Override
           public FileVisitResult visitFile(Path file, BasicFileAttributes attrs) {
             String name = file.getFileName().toString();
-            if (name.startsWith("TEST-") && name.endsWith(".xml")) {
+            if (name.startsWith("TEST-") && name.endsWith(".xml") && file.toFile().length() > 0) {
               scanTestFile(file);
             }