diff --git a/common/dump b/common/dump
index 7c4c9cd8..2b8e0893 100644
--- a/common/dump
+++ b/common/dump
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ _cleanup_dump()
 	mv $dir.$seq $dir
     done
 
-    if [ $status -ne $NOTRUNSTS ]; then
+    if [ -f ${RESULT_DIR}/require_scratch ] && [ $status -ne $NOTRUNSTS ]; then
 	# Sleep added to stop _check_scratch_fs from complaining that the
 	# scratch_dev is still busy
 	sleep 10