1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/bootimg.bbclass b/meta/classes/bootimg.bbclass
index dbbf046d3a..ebc927edc7 100644
--- a/meta/classes/bootimg.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/bootimg.bbclass
@@ -227,6 +227,12 @@ build_fat_img() {
                 FATSIZE="-F 32"
         fi
 
+        # mkdosfs will fail if ${FATIMG} exists. Since we are creating an
+        # new image, it is safe to delete any previous image.
+        if [ -e ${FATIMG} ]; then
+                rm ${FATIMG}
+        fi
+
         if [ -z "${HDDIMG_ID}" ]; then
                 mkdosfs ${FATSIZE} -n ${BOOTIMG_VOLUME_ID} -S 512 -C ${FATIMG} \
                         ${BLOCKS}