diff --git a/block/crypto.c b/block/crypto.c
index 24823835c1c228d8b1f0456681c80551587ba9b3..00e8ec537db1eb2fc35a44d8c59c5f02dc90c47d 100644
--- a/block/crypto.c
+++ b/block/crypto.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "qemu/module.h"
 #include "qemu/option.h"
+#include "qemu/cutils.h"
 #include "crypto.h"
 
 typedef struct BlockCrypto BlockCrypto;
@@ -596,6 +597,23 @@ static int coroutine_fn block_crypto_co_create_opts_luks(const char *filename,
 
     ret = 0;
 fail:
+    /*
+     * If an error occurred, delete 'filename'. Even if the file existed
+     * beforehand, it has been truncated and corrupted in the process.
+     */
+    if (ret && bs) {
+        Error *local_delete_err = NULL;
+        int r_del = bdrv_co_delete_file(bs, &local_delete_err);
+        /*
+         * ENOTSUP will happen if the block driver doesn't support
+         * the 'bdrv_co_delete_file' interface. This is a predictable
+         * scenario and shouldn't be reported back to the user.
+         */
+        if ((r_del < 0) && (r_del != -ENOTSUP)) {
+            error_report_err(local_delete_err);
+        }
+    }
+
     bdrv_unref(bs);
     qapi_free_QCryptoBlockCreateOptions(create_opts);
     qobject_unref(cryptoopts);