diff --git a/homeassistant/components/systemmonitor/coordinator.py b/homeassistant/components/systemmonitor/coordinator.py
index ed08d6ed151..670217b570b 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/systemmonitor/coordinator.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/systemmonitor/coordinator.py
@@ -284,6 +284,8 @@ class SystemMonitorCoordinator(TimestampDataUpdateCoordinator[SensorData]):
             try:
                 battery = self._psutil.sensors_battery()
                 _LOGGER.debug("battery: %s", battery)
+            except (FileNotFoundError, PermissionError) as err:
+                _LOGGER.debug("OS error when accessing battery sensors: %s", err)
             except (AttributeError, FileNotFoundError):
                 _LOGGER.debug("OS does not provide battery sensors")
 
diff --git a/tests/components/systemmonitor/test_sensor.py b/tests/components/systemmonitor/test_sensor.py
index 7643d24770b..575cb5fa3bd 100644
--- a/tests/components/systemmonitor/test_sensor.py
+++ b/tests/components/systemmonitor/test_sensor.py
@@ -389,6 +389,44 @@ async def test_exception_handling_disk_sensor(
     assert disk_sensor.attributes["unit_of_measurement"] == "%"
 
 
+@pytest.mark.usefixtures("entity_registry_enabled_by_default")
+@pytest.mark.freeze_time("2024-02-24 15:00:00", tz_offset=0)
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("exception_class", [FileNotFoundError, PermissionError])
+async def test_exception_handling_battery_sensor(
+    hass: HomeAssistant,
+    mock_psutil: Mock,
+    mock_os: Mock,
+    freezer: FrozenDateTimeFactory,
+    mock_config_entry: MockConfigEntry,
+    caplog: pytest.LogCaptureFixture,
+    exception_class: type[Exception],
+) -> None:
+    """Test the battery failures."""
+    mock_psutil.sensors_battery.side_effect = exception_class(
+        "[Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/sys/class/power_supply'"
+    )
+    mock_config_entry.add_to_hass(hass)
+    assert await hass.config_entries.async_setup(mock_config_entry.entry_id)
+    await hass.async_block_till_done()
+
+    assert (temp_entity := hass.states.get("sensor.system_monitor_battery"))
+    assert temp_entity.state == STATE_UNAVAILABLE
+    assert (temp_entity := hass.states.get("sensor.system_monitor_battery_empty"))
+    assert temp_entity.state == STATE_UNAVAILABLE
+
+    assert "OS error when accessing battery sensors" in caplog.text
+
+    mock_psutil.sensors_battery.side_effect = None
+    freezer.tick(timedelta(minutes=1))
+    async_fire_time_changed(hass)
+    await hass.async_block_till_done(wait_background_tasks=True)
+
+    assert (temp_entity := hass.states.get("sensor.system_monitor_battery"))
+    assert temp_entity.state == "93"
+    assert (temp_entity := hass.states.get("sensor.system_monitor_battery_empty"))
+    assert temp_entity.state == "2024-02-24T19:38:00+00:00"
+
+
 @pytest.mark.usefixtures("entity_registry_enabled_by_default")
 async def test_cpu_percentage_is_zero_returns_unknown(
     hass: HomeAssistant,