diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/filesystem/rm.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/filesystem/rm.rs
index d44f278762..b601ac988c 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/filesystem/rm.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/filesystem/rm.rs
@@ -254,7 +254,6 @@ fn rm(
             });
         }
 
-        // let path = currentdir_path.join(target.item.as_ref());
         match nu_engine::glob_from(
             &target,
             &currentdir_path,
@@ -302,13 +301,11 @@ fn rm(
                 }
             }
             Err(e) => {
-                return Err(ShellError::GenericError {
-                    error: e.to_string(),
-                    msg: e.to_string(),
-                    span: Some(target.span),
-                    help: None,
-                    inner: vec![],
-                })
+                // glob_from may canonicalize path and return `DirectoryNotFound`
+                // nushell should suppress the error if `--force` is used.
+                if !(force && matches!(e, ShellError::DirectoryNotFound { .. })) {
+                    return Err(e);
+                }
             }
         };
     }
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/rm.rs b/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/rm.rs
index 9d7da4fc03..1cae6e29b1 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/rm.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/rm.rs
@@ -480,3 +480,18 @@ fn rm_files_inside_glob_metachars_dir() {
         ));
     });
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn force_rm_suppress_error() {
+    Playground::setup("force_rm_suppress_error", |dirs, sandbox| {
+        sandbox.with_files(vec![EmptyFile("test_file.txt")]);
+
+        // the second rm should suppress error.
+        let actual = nu!(
+            cwd: dirs.test(),
+            "rm test_file.txt; rm -f test_file.txt",
+        );
+
+        assert!(actual.err.is_empty());
+    });
+}