diff --git a/debian/cloudstack-management.postinst b/debian/cloudstack-management.postinst
index e05f13b806a..366ccc12fa1 100644
--- a/debian/cloudstack-management.postinst
+++ b/debian/cloudstack-management.postinst
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ if [ "$1" = configure ]; then
         usermod -m -d /var/lib/cloudstack/management cloud || true
     fi
 
+    rm -fr /var/cache/cloudstack/management/work/*
+
     for i in /var/cache/cloudstack/management \
         /var/cache/cloudstack/management/work \
         /var/cache/cloudstack/management/temp \