diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/storage/LibvirtStorageAdaptor.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/storage/LibvirtStorageAdaptor.java
index bdaa419c698..9d62925e134 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/storage/LibvirtStorageAdaptor.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/storage/LibvirtStorageAdaptor.java
@@ -842,7 +842,7 @@ public class LibvirtStorageAdaptor implements StorageAdaptor {
         destFile.setFormat(format);
         destFile.setSize(size);
         Map<String, String> options = new HashMap<String, String>();
-        if (pool.getType() == StoragePoolType.NetworkFilesystem){
+        if (List.of(StoragePoolType.NetworkFilesystem, StoragePoolType.Filesystem).contains(pool.getType())) {
             options.put("preallocation", QemuImg.PreallocationType.getPreallocationType(provisioningType).toString());
         }