diff --git a/src/aof.c b/src/aof.c
index b1c7595b5..9cd487cc4 100644
--- a/src/aof.c
+++ b/src/aof.c
@@ -1703,10 +1703,10 @@ void aofRemoveTempFile(pid_t childpid) {
     char tmpfile[256];
 
     snprintf(tmpfile,256,"temp-rewriteaof-bg-%d.aof", (int) childpid);
-    unlink(tmpfile);
+    bg_unlink(tmpfile);
 
     snprintf(tmpfile,256,"temp-rewriteaof-%d.aof", (int) childpid);
-    unlink(tmpfile);
+    bg_unlink(tmpfile);
 }
 
 /* Update the server.aof_current_size field explicitly using stat(2)
diff --git a/src/replication.c b/src/replication.c
index 9ed4dd117..da70c4082 100644
--- a/src/replication.c
+++ b/src/replication.c
@@ -2444,7 +2444,7 @@ void replicationAbortSyncTransfer(void) {
     undoConnectWithMaster();
     if (server.repl_transfer_fd!=-1) {
         close(server.repl_transfer_fd);
-        unlink(server.repl_transfer_tmpfile);
+        bg_unlink(server.repl_transfer_tmpfile);
         zfree(server.repl_transfer_tmpfile);
         server.repl_transfer_tmpfile = NULL;
         server.repl_transfer_fd = -1;