diff --git a/lib/web/imageRouter/index.js b/lib/web/imageRouter/index.js
index 962ab077d..d9964827b 100644
--- a/lib/web/imageRouter/index.js
+++ b/lib/web/imageRouter/index.js
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ imageRouter.post('/uploadimage', function (req, res) {
   form.parse(req, async function (err, fields, files) {
     if (err) {
       logger.error(`Image upload error: formidable error: ${err}`)
-      rimraf(tmpDir)
+      rimraf.sync(tmpDir)
       return errors.errorForbidden(res)
     } else if (!files.image || !files.image.filepath) {
       logger.error('Image upload error: Upload didn\'t contain file)')