1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/block/file-posix.c b/block/file-posix.c
index 71f168ee2f..87c5a4ccbd 100644
--- a/block/file-posix.c
+++ b/block/file-posix.c
@@ -1588,6 +1588,13 @@ static int handle_aiocb_write_zeroes(void *opaque)
     if (s->has_write_zeroes) {
         int ret = do_fallocate(s->fd, FALLOC_FL_ZERO_RANGE,
                                aiocb->aio_offset, aiocb->aio_nbytes);
+        if (ret == -EINVAL) {
+            /*
+             * Allow falling back to pwrite for file systems that
+             * do not support fallocate() for an unaligned byte range.
+             */
+            return -ENOTSUP;
+        }
         if (ret == 0 || ret != -ENOTSUP) {
             return ret;
         }