diff --git a/dracut.sh b/dracut.sh
index 8ca319b6..2712e9e1 100755
--- a/dracut.sh
+++ b/dracut.sh
@@ -1690,6 +1690,7 @@ if ! (
             | $compress >> "$outfile"
     ); then
     dfatal "dracut: creation of $outfile failed"
+	rm -f $outfile
     exit 1
 fi
 dinfo "*** Creating initrd image file '$outfile' done ***"