diff --git a/src/modules/partition/core/PartUtils.cpp b/src/modules/partition/core/PartUtils.cpp
index a6a607d94..0423e1dde 100644
--- a/src/modules/partition/core/PartUtils.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/partition/core/PartUtils.cpp
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ lookForFstabEntries( const QString& partitionPath )
 {
     FstabEntryList fstabEntries;
     QTemporaryDir mountsDir;
+    mountsDir.setAutoRemove( false );
 
     int exit = QProcess::execute( "mount", { partitionPath, mountsDir.path() } );
     if ( !exit ) // if all is well