1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/image_types.bbclass b/meta/classes/image_types.bbclass
index 650c2f8a5f..c7da4c3ed8 100644
--- a/meta/classes/image_types.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/image_types.bbclass
@@ -66,10 +66,10 @@ IMAGE_CMD_squashfs-xz = "mksquashfs ${IMAGE_ROOTFS} ${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/${IMAGE_
 IMAGE_CMD_squashfs-lzo = "mksquashfs ${IMAGE_ROOTFS} ${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/${IMAGE_NAME}.rootfs.squashfs-lzo ${EXTRA_IMAGECMD} -noappend -comp lzo"
 IMAGE_CMD_tar = "tar -cvf ${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/${IMAGE_NAME}.rootfs.tar -C ${IMAGE_ROOTFS} ."
 
+do_rootfs[cleandirs] += "${WORKDIR}/cpio_append"
 IMAGE_CMD_cpio () {
         (cd ${IMAGE_ROOTFS} && find . | cpio -o -H newc >${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/${IMAGE_NAME}.rootfs.cpio)
         if [ ! -L ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/init -a ! -e ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/init ]; then
-                mkdir -p ${WORKDIR}/cpio_append
                 if [ -L ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/sbin/init -o -e ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/sbin/init ]; then
                         ln -sf /sbin/init ${WORKDIR}/cpio_append/init
                 else