diff --git a/client/driver/logging/rotator.go b/client/driver/logging/rotator.go
index 93a4be4f0..5fbe218b3 100644
--- a/client/driver/logging/rotator.go
+++ b/client/driver/logging/rotator.go
@@ -238,11 +238,16 @@ func (f *FileRotator) purgeOldFiles() {
 				}
 			}
 
+			// Not continuing to delete files if the number of files is not more
+			// than MaxFiles
+			if len(fIndexes) <= f.MaxFiles {
+				continue
+			}
+
 			// Sorting the file indexes so that we can purge the older files and keep
 			// only the number of files as configured by the user
 			sort.Sort(sort.IntSlice(fIndexes))
-			var toDelete []int
-			toDelete = fIndexes[0 : len(fIndexes)-f.MaxFiles]
+			toDelete := fIndexes[0 : len(fIndexes)-f.MaxFiles]
 			for _, fIndex := range toDelete {
 				fname := filepath.Join(f.path, fmt.Sprintf("%s.%d", f.baseFileName, fIndex))
 				os.RemoveAll(fname)