diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/termux/app/TermuxService.java b/app/src/main/java/com/termux/app/TermuxService.java
index 64ca368524..39c92023be 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/termux/app/TermuxService.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/termux/app/TermuxService.java
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startId) {
     public void onDestroy() {
         Logger.logVerbose(LOG_TAG, "onDestroy");
 
-        ShellUtils.clearTermuxTMPDIR(this);
+        ShellUtils.clearTermuxTMPDIR(this, true);
 
         actionReleaseWakeLock(false);
         if (!mWantsToStop)
diff --git a/termux-shared/src/main/java/com/termux/shared/shell/ShellUtils.java b/termux-shared/src/main/java/com/termux/shared/shell/ShellUtils.java
index af32758e28..47ad08bbe7 100644
--- a/termux-shared/src/main/java/com/termux/shared/shell/ShellUtils.java
+++ b/termux-shared/src/main/java/com/termux/shared/shell/ShellUtils.java
@@ -150,7 +150,10 @@ public static String getExecutableBasename(String executable) {
         return (lastSlash == -1) ? executable : executable.substring(lastSlash + 1);
     }
 
-    public static void clearTermuxTMPDIR(Context context) {
+    public static void clearTermuxTMPDIR(Context context, boolean onlyIfExists) {
+        if(onlyIfExists && !FileUtils.directoryFileExists(TermuxConstants.TERMUX_TMP_PREFIX_DIR_PATH, false))
+            return;
+
         String errmsg;
         errmsg = FileUtils.clearDirectory(context, "$TMPDIR", FileUtils.getCanonicalPath(TermuxConstants.TERMUX_TMP_PREFIX_DIR_PATH, null, false));
         if (errmsg != null) {