diff --git a/src/PVE/API2/Storage/Status.pm b/src/PVE/API2/Storage/Status.pm
index 8e17156..31bcc6d 100644
--- a/src/PVE/API2/Storage/Status.pm
+++ b/src/PVE/API2/Storage/Status.pm
@@ -977,8 +977,8 @@ __PACKAGE__->register_method({
 
         local $SIG{INT} = sub {
             unlink "$path/$tmp_filename"
-                or warn "could not cleanup temporary file: $!"
-                if -e "$path/$tmp_filename";
+                or $!{ENOENT}
+                or warn "could not cleanup temporary file: $!";
             die "got interrupted by signal\n";
         };