diff --git a/ironic_python_agent/hardware.py b/ironic_python_agent/hardware.py
index 00b33865a..fbba74e60 100644
--- a/ironic_python_agent/hardware.py
+++ b/ironic_python_agent/hardware.py
@@ -236,7 +236,8 @@ def _md_scan_and_assemble():
 
 
 def list_all_block_devices(block_type='disk',
-                           ignore_raid=False):
+                           ignore_raid=False,
+                           ignore_floppy=True):
     """List all physical block devices
 
     The switches we use for lsblk: P for KEY="value" output, b for size output
@@ -250,6 +251,8 @@ def list_all_block_devices(block_type='disk',
     :param ignore_raid: Ignore auto-identified raid devices, example: md0
                         Defaults to false as these are generally disk
                         devices and should be treated as such if encountered.
+    :param ignore_floppy: Ignore floppy disk devices in the block device
+                          list. By default, these devices are filtered out.
     :return: A list of BlockDevices
     """
 
@@ -305,6 +308,13 @@ def list_all_block_devices(block_type='disk',
         if _is_known_device(devices, device.get('KNAME')):
             continue
 
+        # If we collected the RM column, we could consult it for removable
+        # media, however USB devices are also flagged as removable media.
+        # we have to explicitly do this as floppy disks are type disk.
+        if ignore_floppy and str(device.get('KNAME')).startswith('fd'):
+            LOG.debug('Ignoring floppy disk device %s', device)
+            continue
+
         # Search for raid in the reply type, as RAID is a
         # disk device, and we should honor it if is present.
         # Other possible type values, which we skip recording:
diff --git a/ironic_python_agent/tests/unit/test_hardware.py b/ironic_python_agent/tests/unit/test_hardware.py
index 35c1cb03e..dcb890dcd 100644
--- a/ironic_python_agent/tests/unit/test_hardware.py
+++ b/ironic_python_agent/tests/unit/test_hardware.py
@@ -142,7 +142,8 @@ BLK_DEVICE_TEMPLATE = (
     'KNAME="ram0" MODEL="" SIZE="8388608" ROTA="0" TYPE="disk"\n'
     'KNAME="ram1" MODEL="" SIZE="8388608" ROTA="0" TYPE="disk"\n'
     'KNAME="ram2" MODEL="" SIZE="8388608" ROTA="0" TYPE="disk"\n'
-    'KNAME="ram3" MODEL="" SIZE="8388608" ROTA="0" TYPE="disk"'
+    'KNAME="ram3" MODEL="" SIZE="8388608" ROTA="0" TYPE="disk"\n'
+    'KNAME="fd1" MODEL="magic" SIZE="4096" ROTA="1" TYPE="disk"'
 )
 
 # NOTE(pas-ha) largest device is 1 byte smaller than 4GiB
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/handle-fd0-devices-3d1f31c3b34819e8.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/handle-fd0-devices-3d1f31c3b34819e8.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d21a0a7ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/handle-fd0-devices-3d1f31c3b34819e8.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    Fixes cleaning operations when floppy disk devices are present on the
+    baremetal node.
+other:
+  - |
+    The default ``list_all_block_devices`` hardware manager method has been
+    changed to ignore floppy disk devices. An argument ``ignore_floppy``
+    with a default value of ``True``. A value of ``False`` may be passed
+    to the ``list_all_block_devices`` method to include such devices.