1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/filedistribution/src/main/java/com/yahoo/vespa/filedistribution/FileReceiver.java b/filedistribution/src/main/java/com/yahoo/vespa/filedistribution/FileReceiver.java
index c2825528f7e..d9d1b4984eb 100644
--- a/filedistribution/src/main/java/com/yahoo/vespa/filedistribution/FileReceiver.java
+++ b/filedistribution/src/main/java/com/yahoo/vespa/filedistribution/FileReceiver.java
@@ -248,8 +248,11 @@ public class FileReceiver {
             log.log(LogLevel.DEBUG, "File moved from " + tempFile.getAbsolutePath()+ " to " + destination.getAbsolutePath());
         } catch (FileAlreadyExistsException e) {
             // Don't fail if it already exists (we might get the file from several config servers when retrying, servers are down etc.
-            // so it might be written already)
+            // so it might be written already). Delete temp file in that case, to avoid filling the disk.
             log.log(LogLevel.DEBUG, "File '" + destination.getAbsolutePath() + "' already exists, continuing: " + e.getMessage());
+            try {
+                Files.delete(tempFile.toPath());
+            } catch (IOException ioe) { /* ignore failure */}
         } catch (IOException e) {
             String message = "Failed moving file '" + tempFile.getAbsolutePath() + "' to '" + destination.getAbsolutePath() + "'";
             log.log(LogLevel.ERROR, message, e);