diff --git a/pkg/cmd/openshift-sdn-node/cmd.go b/pkg/cmd/openshift-sdn-node/cmd.go
index a790e8937..f90a3a73d 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/openshift-sdn-node/cmd.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/openshift-sdn-node/cmd.go
@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@ package openshift_sdn_node
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
+
 	"github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
@@ -121,6 +122,10 @@ func (sdn *openShiftSDN) run(c *cobra.Command, errout io.Writer, stopCh chan str
 
 	<-stopCh
 	time.Sleep(500 * time.Millisecond) // gracefully shut down
+	err = sdn.deleteConfigFile()
+	if err != nil {
+		klog.Errorf("unable to delete sdn cni configuration file: %v", err)
+	}
 }
 
 // validateAndParse validates the command line options, parses the node
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/openshift-sdn-node/sdn.go b/pkg/cmd/openshift-sdn-node/sdn.go
index 610dac2f2..84ed508fb 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/openshift-sdn-node/sdn.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/openshift-sdn-node/sdn.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package openshift_sdn_node
 
 import (
 	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
 
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
@@ -56,3 +57,8 @@ func (sdn *openShiftSDN) writeConfigFile() error {
 }
 `), 0600)
 }
+
+func (sdn *openShiftSDN) deleteConfigFile() error {
+	// Delete CNI config file from disk if it's no longer able to serve CNI requests.
+	return os.Remove(openshiftCNIFile)
+}