diff --git a/lib/GHCup/Utils/Prelude.hs b/lib/GHCup/Utils/Prelude.hs
index 473652b0b0338e61bc02b3fdbaae912fcdc2894a..21b7173e28ee8402cc9cc7ef25a918b5625f40f7 100644
--- a/lib/GHCup/Utils/Prelude.hs
+++ b/lib/GHCup/Utils/Prelude.hs
@@ -472,7 +472,9 @@ recyclePathForcibly fp
       let dest = tmp </> takeFileName fp
       liftIO (moveFile fp dest)
           `catch`
-          (\e -> if isPermissionError e {- EXDEV on windows -} then recover (liftIO $ removePathForcibly fp) else throwIO e)
+          (\e -> if | isDoesNotExistError e -> pure ()
+                    | isPermissionError e {- EXDEV on windows -} -> recover (liftIO $ removePathForcibly fp)
+                    | otherwise -> throwIO e)
           `finally`
             liftIO (handleIO (\_ -> pure ()) $ removePathForcibly tmp)
   | otherwise = liftIO $ removePathForcibly fp