diff --git a/early-init.el b/early-init.el
index a183e49..01397f2 100644
--- a/early-init.el
+++ b/early-init.el
@@ -11,8 +11,14 @@
       comp-deferred-compilation t)
 
 (when (boundp 'comp-eln-load-path)
-  (add-to-list 'comp-eln-load-path
-               (expand-file-name "cache/eln-cache/" user-emacs-directory)))
+  (let ((eln-cache-dir (expand-file-name "cache/eln-cache/" user-emacs-directory))
+        (find-exec (executable-find "find")))
+    (add-to-list 'comp-eln-load-path eln-cache-dir)
+    ;; Quitting emacs while native compilation in progress can leave zero byte
+    ;; sized *.eln files behind. Hence delete such files during startup.
+    (when find-exec
+      (call-process find-exec nil nil nil eln-cache-dir
+                    "-name" "*.eln" "-size" "0" "-delete"))))
 
 ;; Defer garbage collection further back in the startup process
 (setq gc-cons-threshold most-positive-fixnum)