diff --git a/modules/callbacks.inc b/modules/callbacks.inc
index 304f53f..ea395d3 100644
--- a/modules/callbacks.inc
+++ b/modules/callbacks.inc
@@ -804,10 +804,14 @@ function entity_metadata_user_save($account) {
 
 /**
  * Callback to delete a file.
- * Watch out to not accidentilly implement hook_file_delete().
+ *
+ * Watch out to not accidentally implement hook_file_delete().
  */
 function entity_metadata_delete_file($fid) {
-  file_delete(file_load($fid), TRUE);
+  if (!$file = file_load($fid)) {
+    return;
+  }
+  file_delete($file, TRUE);
 }
 
 /**