diff --git a/pkg/fileutil/preallocate_unix.go b/pkg/fileutil/preallocate_unix.go
index fa595e043..60c68202a 100644
--- a/pkg/fileutil/preallocate_unix.go
+++ b/pkg/fileutil/preallocate_unix.go
@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@ func preallocExtend(f *os.File, sizeInBytes int64) error {
 	err := syscall.Fallocate(int(f.Fd()), 0, 0, sizeInBytes)
 	if err != nil {
 		errno, ok := err.(syscall.Errno)
-		// treat not support as nil error
-		if ok && errno == syscall.ENOTSUP {
+		// not supported; fallback
+		// fallocate EINTRs frequently in some enviroments; fallback
+		if ok && (errno == syscall.ENOTSUP || errno == syscall.EINTR) {
 			return preallocExtendTrunc(f, sizeInBytes)
 		}
 	}