diff --git a/examples/chef/create_docker.py b/examples/chef/create_docker.py
index 9322779b943738..9b48da6a3cc65b 100755
--- a/examples/chef/create_docker.py
+++ b/examples/chef/create_docker.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
         continue
 
     # Clean up the out directory before extracting device files
-    shutil.rmtree(out_directory)
+    shutil.rmtree(out_directory, ignore_errors=True)
     os.mkdir(out_directory)
 
     device = device.replace('.tar.gz', '')