diff --git a/util/env_posix.cc b/util/env_posix.cc
index ba2667864acb00..63bb4bdcd4ae00 100644
--- a/util/env_posix.cc
+++ b/util/env_posix.cc
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ class PosixWritableFile : public WritableFile {
       if (fd < 0) {
         s = IOError(dir, errno);
       } else {
-        if (fsync(fd) < 0) {
+        if (fsync(fd) < 0 && errno != EINVAL) {
           s = IOError(dir, errno);
         }
         close(fd);