diff --git a/services/filestore/app/coffee/LocalFileWriter.coffee b/services/filestore/app/coffee/LocalFileWriter.coffee
index 2ecb3885df..47b2b91e77 100644
--- a/services/filestore/app/coffee/LocalFileWriter.coffee
+++ b/services/filestore/app/coffee/LocalFileWriter.coffee
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ module.exports =
 		stream.pipe writeStream
 
 	deleteFile: (fsPath, callback)->
+		if !fsPath? or fsPath == ""
+			return callback()
 		logger.log fsPath:fsPath, "removing local temp file"
 		fs.unlink fsPath, callback