diff --git a/src/backend/storage/file/fd.c b/src/backend/storage/file/fd.c
index df13a3e367c..1fa83274fb3 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/file/fd.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/file/fd.c
@@ -2944,7 +2944,7 @@ fsync_fname_ext(const char *fname, bool isdir, bool ignore_perm, int elevel)
 	 * Some OSes don't allow us to fsync directories at all, so we can ignore
 	 * those errors. Anything else needs to be logged.
 	 */
-	if (returncode != 0 && !(isdir && errno == EBADF))
+	if (returncode != 0 && !(isdir && (errno == EBADF || errno == EINVAL)))
 	{
 		int			save_errno;
 
diff --git a/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c b/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c
index 1d4546eeafb..2948e73af0e 100644
--- a/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c
+++ b/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c
@@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ fsync_fname_ext(const char *fname, bool isdir)
 	 * Some OSes don't allow us to fsync directories at all, so we can ignore
 	 * those errors. Anything else needs to be reported.
 	 */
-	if (returncode != 0 && !(isdir && errno == EBADF))
+	if (returncode != 0 && !(isdir && (errno == EBADF || errno == EINVAL)))
 		fprintf(stderr, _("%s: could not fsync file \"%s\": %s\n"),
 				progname, fname, strerror(errno));