diff --git a/meta/classes/rootfs_rpm.bbclass b/meta/classes/rootfs_rpm.bbclass
index 5f250e44f6..876036ae60 100644
--- a/meta/classes/rootfs_rpm.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/rootfs_rpm.bbclass
@@ -141,6 +141,9 @@ EOF
 	rm -rf ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/var/log2/
 	rm -rf ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}${DEPLOY_DIR_RPM}/
 
+	# remove lock files
+	rm -f ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/var/lib/rpm/__db.*
+
 	log_check rootfs 	
 }