diff --git a/bsp-files/kickstarts/pre_prestaging_install_check.cfg b/bsp-files/kickstarts/pre_prestaging_install_check.cfg
index 49409c87..7df3c152 100644
--- a/bsp-files/kickstarts/pre_prestaging_install_check.cfg
+++ b/bsp-files/kickstarts/pre_prestaging_install_check.cfg
@@ -18,22 +18,22 @@ if [ -e /run/install/repo/ks-setup.cfg ]; then
 fi
 
 # if force_install is set, install anyway. Ignore the remainder of this section.
-if [ -z ${force_install} ]; then
+if [ -z "${force_install}" ]; then
     if [ -z "$rootfs_device" ]; then
         rootfs_device=$(get_disk_dev)
     fi
-    
+
     orig_rootfs_device=$rootfs_device
     by_path_rootfs_device=$(get_by_path $rootfs_device)
     rootfs_device=$(get_disk $by_path_rootfs_device)
     wlog "Found rootfs $orig_rootfs_device on: $by_path_rootfs_device->$rootfs_device."
-    
+
     part_numbers=( $(parted -s ${rootfs_device} print | awk '$1 == "Number" {i=1; next}; i {print $1}') )
     # print the partnumber info for informational purposes
     for i in ${part_numbers[@]}; do
         wlog "partnumber: ${i}"
     done
-    
+
     # Get the correct rootfs prefix
     ROOTFS_PART_PREFIX=${rootfs_device}
     # check if rootfs part is nvme (eg. /dev/nvme0n1). The partitions have a "p" in the part prefix.
@@ -45,10 +45,11 @@ if [ -z ${force_install} ]; then
             ROOTFS_PART_PREFIX=${ROOTFS_PART_PREFIX}p
         ;;
     esac
-    
+
     # temporary mount directory
-    temp_mount=/mnt
-    
+    temp_mount=/mnt/temp_mount
+    mkdir -p ${temp_mount}
+
     wlog "Searching for existing installation..."
     for part in "${part_numbers[@]}"; do
         device=${ROOTFS_PART_PREFIX}${part}
@@ -69,10 +70,35 @@ if [ -z ${force_install} ]; then
         fi
         umount ${temp_mount}
     done
+    rm -rf ${temp_mount}
     wlog "Installing Prestaged content. No existing installation found."
 else
     # force install inspite of existing installation
     wlog "Force install the prestage content"
     wlog "Installing Prestaged content. All existing installations will be lost."
 fi
+
+# If the size of the Platform Backup partition is greater than 30GB, parted will fail when
+# it tries to reconfigure the partition in a later step. We delete the partition now so that
+# parted succeeds in the later step.
+
+partition_id=$(parted -s ${rootfs_device} print | awk '/Platform Backup/ { print $1; }')
+
+# if the partition id is not empty or zero, then the partition actually exists.
+# Delete the partition.
+if [[ "${partition_id}" -ne '' && "${partition_id}" -ne "0" ]]; then
+    wlog "Deleting platform backup at partition ${partition_id} on ${rootfs_device}"
+
+    # Delete the platform backup partition
+    parted -s ${rootfs_device} rm ${partition_id}
+    rc=$?
+
+    if [ "${rc}" -ne "0" ]; then
+        wlog "Unable to delete platform backup at partition ${partition_id} on ${rootfs_device}: [exit code ${rc}]"
+        exit -1
+    else
+        wlog "Deleted partition ${partition_id} on ${rootfs_device}"
+    fi
+fi
+
 %end