1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/sysdeps/mach/hurd/fsync.c b/sysdeps/mach/hurd/fsync.c
index a474c8a356..fe3e044a3a 100644
--- a/sysdeps/mach/hurd/fsync.c
+++ b/sysdeps/mach/hurd/fsync.c
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ fsync (fd)
 {
   error_t err = HURD_DPORT_USE (fd, __file_sync (port, 1, 0));
   if (err)
-    return __hurd_dfail (fd, err);
+    {
+      if (err == EOPNOTSUPP)
+	/* If the file descriptor does not support sync, return EINVAL
+	   as POSIX specifies.  */
+	err = EINVAL;
+      return __hurd_dfail (fd, err);
+    }
   return 0;
 }