diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/recon/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/recon/ReconUtils.java b/hadoop-ozone/recon/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/recon/ReconUtils.java
index c80bcaa1ab27..5786702bfc8e 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/recon/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/recon/ReconUtils.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/recon/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/recon/ReconUtils.java
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
 import org.apache.commons.compress.archivers.tar.TarArchiveEntry;
 import org.apache.commons.compress.archivers.tar.TarArchiveInputStream;
 import org.apache.commons.compress.archivers.tar.TarArchiveOutputStream;
+import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.HddsConfigKeys;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.HddsUtils;
@@ -555,6 +556,7 @@ public File getLastKnownDB(File reconDbDir, String fileNamePrefix) {
             }
           } catch (NumberFormatException nfEx) {
             log.warn("Unknown file found in Recon DB dir : {}", fileName);
+            FileUtils.deleteQuietly(snapshotFile);
           }
         }
       }
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/recon/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/recon/spi/impl/OzoneManagerServiceProviderImpl.java b/hadoop-ozone/recon/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/recon/spi/impl/OzoneManagerServiceProviderImpl.java
index 455dabf6ac04..8dd33fdb39f5 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/recon/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/recon/spi/impl/OzoneManagerServiceProviderImpl.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/recon/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/recon/spi/impl/OzoneManagerServiceProviderImpl.java
@@ -408,7 +408,6 @@ connectionFactory, getOzoneManagerSnapshotUrl(),
       // Untar the checkpoint file.
       Path untarredDbDir = Paths.get(omSnapshotDBParentDir.getAbsolutePath(), snapshotFileName);
       reconUtils.untarCheckpointFile(targetFile, untarredDbDir);
-      FileUtils.deleteQuietly(targetFile);
 
       // Validate the presence of required SST files
       File[] sstFiles = untarredDbDir.toFile().listFiles((dir, name) -> name.endsWith(".sst"));
@@ -430,6 +429,8 @@ connectionFactory, getOzoneManagerSnapshotUrl(),
       LOG.error("Unable to obtain Ozone Manager DB Snapshot. ", e);
       reconContext.updateHealthStatus(new AtomicBoolean(false));
       reconContext.updateErrors(ReconContext.ErrorCode.GET_OM_DB_SNAPSHOT_FAILED);
+    } finally {
+      FileUtils.deleteQuietly(targetFile);
     }
     return null;
   }