diff --git a/qubes-rpc/qvm-move-to-vm b/qubes-rpc/qvm-move-to-vm
index 2212c38..7f8050b 100755
--- a/qubes-rpc/qvm-move-to-vm
+++ b/qubes-rpc/qvm-move-to-vm
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@
 
 set -e
 . qvm-copy-to-vm "$@"
-rm -rf "$@"
+rm -rf -- "$@"