diff --git a/t/t4216-log-bloom.sh b/t/t4216-log-bloom.sh
index c9f9bdf1ba..fe19f6a60c 100755
--- a/t/t4216-log-bloom.sh
+++ b/t/t4216-log-bloom.sh
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ sane_unset GIT_TRACE2_PERF_BRIEF
 sane_unset GIT_TRACE2_CONFIG_PARAMS
 
 setup () {
-	rm "$TRASH_DIRECTORY/trace.perf"
+	rm -f "$TRASH_DIRECTORY/trace.perf" &&
 	git -c core.commitGraph=false log --pretty="format:%s" $1 >log_wo_bloom &&
 	GIT_TRACE2_PERF="$TRASH_DIRECTORY/trace.perf" git -c core.commitGraph=true log --pretty="format:%s" $1 >log_w_bloom
 }