diff --git a/pkg/uploadserver/uploadserver.go b/pkg/uploadserver/uploadserver.go
index 6bdd376ae9..16d2796986 100644
--- a/pkg/uploadserver/uploadserver.go
+++ b/pkg/uploadserver/uploadserver.go
@@ -485,7 +485,11 @@ func untarToBlockdev(stream io.Reader, dest string) error {
 		case header == nil:
 			continue
 		}
-		if header.Typeflag == tar.TypeGNUSparse && strings.Contains(header.Name, common.DiskImageName) {
+		if !strings.Contains(header.Name, common.DiskImageName) {
+			continue
+		}
+		switch header.Typeflag {
+		case tar.TypeReg, tar.TypeGNUSparse:
 			klog.Infof("Untaring %d bytes to %s", header.Size, dest)
 			f, err := os.OpenFile(dest, os.O_APPEND|os.O_WRONLY, os.ModeDevice|os.ModePerm)
 			if err != nil {
diff --git a/tests/cloner_test.go b/tests/cloner_test.go
index efcf5ec60f..3c1ad7bbff 100644
--- a/tests/cloner_test.go
+++ b/tests/cloner_test.go
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ var _ = Describe("all clone tests", func() {
 				completeClone(f, f.Namespace, targetPvc, filepath.Join(testBaseDir, testFile), fillDataFSMD5sum, "")
 			})
 
-			It("[test_id:cnv-5569]Should clone data from filesystem to block", func() {
+			DescribeTable("Should clone data from filesystem to block", func(preallocate bool) {
 				if !f.IsBlockVolumeStorageClassAvailable() {
 					Skip("Storage Class for block volume is not available")
 				}
@@ -445,6 +445,9 @@ var _ = Describe("all clone tests", func() {
 				Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 
 				targetDV := utils.NewDataVolumeCloneToBlockPV("target-dv", "1Gi", sourcePvc.Namespace, sourcePvc.Name, f.BlockSCName)
+				if preallocate {
+					targetDV.Spec.Preallocation = ptr.To[bool](true)
+				}
 				targetDataVolume, err := utils.CreateDataVolumeFromDefinition(f.CdiClient, f.Namespace.Name, targetDV)
 				Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 				targetPvc, err := utils.WaitForPVC(f.K8sClient, targetDataVolume.Namespace, targetDataVolume.Name)
@@ -474,9 +477,12 @@ var _ = Describe("all clone tests", func() {
 				By("Deleting verifier pod")
 				err = utils.DeleteVerifierPod(f.K8sClient, f.Namespace.Name)
 				Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
-			})
+			},
+				Entry("[test_id:5569]regular target", false),
+				Entry("[test_id:XXXX]preallocated target", true),
+			)
 
-			It("[test_id:cnv-5570]Should clone data from block to filesystem", func() {
+			It("[test_id:5570]Should clone data from block to filesystem", func() {
 				if !f.IsBlockVolumeStorageClassAvailable() {
 					Skip("Storage Class for block volume is not available")
 				}