diff --git a/drivers/LVHDSR.py b/drivers/LVHDSR.py
index 83de1c4c5..be7ddcf18 100755
--- a/drivers/LVHDSR.py
+++ b/drivers/LVHDSR.py
@@ -560,7 +560,9 @@ def delete(self, uuid):
             try:
                 lvname = os.path.basename(fileName.replace('-','/').\
                                           replace('//', '-'))
-                os.unlink(os.path.join(self.path, lvname))
+                lpath = os.path.join(self.path, lvname)
+                if os.path.lexists(lpath):
+                    os.unlink(lpath)
             except Exception, e:
                 util.SMlog("LVHDSR.delete: failed to remove the symlink for " \
                            "file %s. Error: %s" % (fileName, str(e)))