diff --git a/src/tm_mad/qcow2/ln b/src/tm_mad/qcow2/ln
index 9aa8da5ef5..40c4fc8a13 100755
--- a/src/tm_mad/qcow2/ln
+++ b/src/tm_mad/qcow2/ln
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ fi
 
 ln -sf "$SNAP_DIR/\$SNAP" "$DST_PATH"
 
-$RM -rf "${DST_PATH}.snap"
+$RM -f "${DST_PATH}.snap"
 ln -sf "$SNAP_DIR" "${DST_PATH}.snap"
 EOT
 )