diff --git a/lib/general.sh b/lib/general.sh
index 63627064f7..34b556f885 100644
--- a/lib/general.sh
+++ b/lib/general.sh
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ cleaning()
 		;;
 
 		oldcache)
-		if [[ -d $SRC/cache/rootfs && $(ls -1 $SRC/cache/rootfs/*.lz4 | wc -l) -gt ${ROOTFS_CACHE_MAX} ]]; then
+		if [[ -d $SRC/cache/rootfs && $(ls -1 $SRC/cache/rootfs/*.lz4 2> /dev/null | wc -l) -gt ${ROOTFS_CACHE_MAX} ]]; then
 			display_alert "Cleaning" "rootfs cache (old)" "info"
 			(cd $SRC/cache/rootfs; ls -t *.lz4 | sed -e "1,${ROOTFS_CACHE_MAX}d" | xargs -d '\n' rm -f)
 			# Remove signatures if they are present. We use them for internal purpose