diff --git a/helper/create_job_tmpdir b/helper/create_job_tmpdir
index 536ac276..ba97f29c 100755
--- a/helper/create_job_tmpdir
+++ b/helper/create_job_tmpdir
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ if fallocate -l ${MXQ_SIZE}G $filename; then
                 -O '64bit,ext_attr,filetype,^has_journal,huge_file,inline_data,^mmp,^quota,sparse_super2' \
                 $loopdevice \
                 && mkdir -p $mountpoint && mount -Odata=writeback,barrier=0  $loopdevice $mountpoint; then
+            rmdir $mountpoint/lost+found
             status=0
         fi
         losetup -d $loopdevice