1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/hw/9pfs/9p-local.c b/hw/9pfs/9p-local.c
index 95b2c1c341..1a3dfd7740 100644
--- a/hw/9pfs/9p-local.c
+++ b/hw/9pfs/9p-local.c
@@ -894,13 +894,14 @@ err_out:
 
 static int local_truncate(FsContext *ctx, V9fsPath *fs_path, off_t size)
 {
-    char *buffer;
-    int ret;
-    char *path = fs_path->data;
+    int fd, ret;
 
-    buffer = rpath(ctx, path);
-    ret = truncate(buffer, size);
-    g_free(buffer);
+    fd = local_open_nofollow(ctx, fs_path->data, O_WRONLY, 0);
+    if (fd == -1) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+    ret = ftruncate(fd, size);
+    close_preserve_errno(fd);
     return ret;
 }