diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/7717-prevent-modprobe-error.yml b/changelogs/fragments/7717-prevent-modprobe-error.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bfef30e67b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/7717-prevent-modprobe-error.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - modprobe - listing modules files or modprobe files could trigger a FileNotFoundError if ``/etc/modprobe.d`` or ``/etc/modules-load.d`` did not exist. Relevant functions now return empty lists if the directories do not exist to avoid crashing the module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7717).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/modprobe.py b/plugins/modules/modprobe.py
index 3909a3a2f2..f271b3946f 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/modprobe.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/modprobe.py
@@ -232,12 +232,16 @@ class Modprobe(object):
 
     @property
     def modules_files(self):
+        if not os.path.isdir(MODULES_LOAD_LOCATION):
+            return []
         modules_paths = [os.path.join(MODULES_LOAD_LOCATION, path)
                          for path in os.listdir(MODULES_LOAD_LOCATION)]
         return [path for path in modules_paths if os.path.isfile(path)]
 
     @property
     def modprobe_files(self):
+        if not os.path.isdir(PARAMETERS_FILES_LOCATION):
+            return []
         modules_paths = [os.path.join(PARAMETERS_FILES_LOCATION, path)
                          for path in os.listdir(PARAMETERS_FILES_LOCATION)]
         return [path for path in modules_paths if os.path.isfile(path)]