diff --git a/src/usr/autoboot.c b/src/usr/autoboot.c
index da82f5e8..53f246ae 100644
--- a/src/usr/autoboot.c
+++ b/src/usr/autoboot.c
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ int uriboot ( struct uri *filename, struct uri *root_path, int drive,
 	if ( filename ) {
 		if ( ( rc = imgdownload ( filename, &image ) ) != 0 )
 			goto err_download;
+		image->flags |= IMAGE_AUTO_UNREGISTER;
 		if ( ( rc = image_exec ( image ) ) != 0 ) {
 			printf ( "Could not boot image: %s\n",
 				 strerror ( rc ) );