diff --git a/PIL/JpegImagePlugin.py b/PIL/JpegImagePlugin.py
index 01a173b5b..e15042504 100644
--- a/PIL/JpegImagePlugin.py
+++ b/PIL/JpegImagePlugin.py
@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ def _save_cjpeg(im, fp, filename):
     tempfile = im._dump()
     subprocess.check_call(["cjpeg", "-outfile", filename, tempfile])
     try:
-        os.unlink(file)
+        os.unlink(tempfile)
     except:
         pass