diff --git a/lib/remove/rimraf.js b/lib/remove/rimraf.js
index f5ca01d7..d75ad0a1 100644
--- a/lib/remove/rimraf.js
+++ b/lib/remove/rimraf.js
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ function rmkidsSync (p, options) {
       try {
         const ret = options.rmdirSync(p, options)
         return ret
-      } catch { }
+      } catch (er) { }
 
     } while (Date.now() - startTime < 500) // give up after 500ms
   } else {