diff --git a/test/jdk/java/nio/channels/AsyncCloseAndInterrupt.java b/test/jdk/java/nio/channels/AsyncCloseAndInterrupt.java
index 0543cd04334..bf793288471 100644
--- a/test/jdk/java/nio/channels/AsyncCloseAndInterrupt.java
+++ b/test/jdk/java/nio/channels/AsyncCloseAndInterrupt.java
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ public class AsyncCloseAndInterrupt {
             return;
         }
         fifoFile = new File("x.fifo");
+        fifoFile.deleteOnExit();
         if (fifoFile.exists()) {
             if (!fifoFile.delete())
                 throw new IOException("Cannot delete existing fifo " + fifoFile);