diff --git a/src/ConfigRewriter.php b/src/ConfigRewriter.php
index d34caee..ba5e54d 100644
--- a/src/ConfigRewriter.php
+++ b/src/ConfigRewriter.php
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ class ConfigRewriter implements ConfigRewriterInterface {
       foreach ($files as $file) {
         // Parse the rewrites and retrieve the original config.
         $rewrite = Yaml::parse(file_get_contents($rewrite_dir . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $file->name . '.yml'));
+        $original_rewrite = $rewrite;
         if ($langcode) {
           /** @var \Drupal\language\Config\LanguageConfigOverride $original_config */
           $config = $this->languageConfigFactoryOverride->getOverride($langcode, $file->name);
@@ -118,6 +119,9 @@ class ConfigRewriter implements ConfigRewriterInterface {
         // Unset 'config_rewrite' key before saving rewritten values.
         if (isset($rewrite['config_rewrite'])) {
           unset($rewrite['config_rewrite']);
+        } elseif ($rewrite == $original_rewrite) {
+          $this->logger->notice('@config does not exist in current configuration or there are no changes to write', ['@config' => $file->name]);
+          continue;
         }
 
         // Retain the original 'uuid' and '_core' keys if it's not explicitly