diff --git a/src/system.js b/src/system.js
index 2cd6b4275..e7f563fac 100644
--- a/src/system.js
+++ b/src/system.js
@@ -167,9 +167,12 @@ async function checkDiskSpace() {
 
     debug(`checkDiskSpace: disk space checked. out of space: ${markdownMessage || 'no'}`);
 
-    if (markdownMessage) markdownMessage = `One or more file systems are running out of space. Please increase the disk size at the earliest.\n\n${markdownMessage}`;
-
-    await notifications.alert(notifications.ALERT_DISK_SPACE, 'Server is running out of disk space', markdownMessage, { persist: true });
+    if (markdownMessage) {
+        const finalMessage = `One or more file systems are running out of space. Please increase the disk size at the earliest.\n\n${markdownMessage}`;
+        await notifications.alert(notifications.ALERT_DISK_SPACE, 'Server is running out of disk space', finalMessage, { persist: true });
+    } else {
+        await notifications.clearAlert(notifications.ALERT_DISK_SPACE, 'Server is running out of disk space');
+    }
 }
 
 async function getSwapSize() {