diff --git a/gns3server/compute/base_node.py b/gns3server/compute/base_node.py
index 64f1a9d9..0fc90d23 100644
--- a/gns3server/compute/base_node.py
+++ b/gns3server/compute/base_node.py
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ class BaseNode:
 
     def __del__(self):
 
-        if self._temporary_directory is not None:
+        if hasattr(self, "_temporary_directory") and self._temporary_directory is not None:
             if os.path.exists(self._temporary_directory):
                 shutil.rmtree(self._temporary_directory, ignore_errors=True)