diff --git a/meta/classes/boot-directdisk.bbclass b/meta/classes/boot-directdisk.bbclass
index 600e21abcf..b324d89020 100644
--- a/meta/classes/boot-directdisk.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/boot-directdisk.bbclass
@@ -121,6 +121,8 @@ build_boot_dd() {
 	# done in blocks, thus the mod by 16 instead of 32.
 	BLOCKS=$(expr $BLOCKS + $(expr 16 - $(expr $BLOCKS % 16)))
 
+	# Remove it since mkdosfs would fail when it exists
+	rm -f $HDDIMG
 	mkdosfs -n ${BOOTDD_VOLUME_ID} -S 512 -C $HDDIMG $BLOCKS 
 	mcopy -i $HDDIMG -s $HDDDIR/* ::/