diff --git a/pungi/phases/createiso.py b/pungi/phases/createiso.py
index 36f64d9e..0fe64d3c 100644
--- a/pungi/phases/createiso.py
+++ b/pungi/phases/createiso.py
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ class CreateIsoThread(WorkerThread):
 
         # Delete staging directory if present.
         staging_dir = compose.paths.work.iso_staging_dir(
-            arch, variant, filename=os.path.basename(cmd["iso_path"])
+            arch, variant, filename=os.path.basename(cmd["iso_path"]), create_dir=False
         )
         if os.path.exists(staging_dir):
             shutil.rmtree(staging_dir)