diff --git a/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/vmopsSnapshot b/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/vmopsSnapshot
index 9b011c9edf1..12fa1a6e9eb 100755
--- a/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/vmopsSnapshot
+++ b/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/vmopsSnapshot
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ def copyfile(fromFile, toFile, isISCSI):
         try:
             os.system("rm -f " + toFile)
         except:
-
+            txt = ''
         txt = ''
         errMsg = "Error while copying " + fromFile + " to " + toFile + " in secondary storage"
         util.SMlog(errMsg)