diff -Napur cups-2.2.6-old/scheduler/job.c cups-2.2.6-new/scheduler/job.c
--- cups-2.2.6-old/scheduler/job.c	2022-04-12 17:32:00.635282080 -0700
+++ cups-2.2.6-new/scheduler/job.c	2022-04-12 17:33:34.349452614 -0700
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ cupsdCleanJobs(void)
         cupsdLogJob(job, CUPSD_LOG_DEBUG, "Removing from history.");
         cupsdDeleteJob(job, CUPSD_JOB_PURGE);
       }
-      else if (job->file_time && job->file_time <= curtime)
+      else if (job->file_time && job->file_time <= curtime && job->num_files > 0)
       {
         cupsdLogJob(job, CUPSD_LOG_DEBUG, "Removing document files.");
         remove_job_files(job);