diff --git a/test/fast/Unit tests/nvm_checksum b/test/fast/Unit tests/nvm_checksum
index 408659b..73cf1f1 100755
--- a/test/fast/Unit tests/nvm_checksum	
+++ b/test/fast/Unit tests/nvm_checksum	
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ cleanup () {
   rm tmp/emptyfile tmp/testfile
   rmdir tmp
 }
-die () { echo $@ ; exit 1; }
+die () { echo $@ ; cleanup; exit 1; }
 
 . ../../../nvm.sh