diff --git a/deepspeech/training/trainer.py b/deepspeech/training/trainer.py
index ffc52775a..c1afd3629 100644
--- a/deepspeech/training/trainer.py
+++ b/deepspeech/training/trainer.py
@@ -303,7 +303,6 @@ class Trainer():
             try:
                 self.train()
             except KeyboardInterrupt:
-                self.save()
                 exit(-1)
             finally:
                 self.destory()