diff --git a/src/util/storage_file.c b/src/util/storage_file.c
index 8260adbd1f3e6bd0fa050bae638716467ff472e1..a8661e3b795293e5bb774865cbe17b23bbc181ea 100644
--- a/src/util/storage_file.c
+++ b/src/util/storage_file.c
@@ -939,12 +939,29 @@ virStorageFileFreeMetadata(virStorageFileMetadata *meta)
 int
 virStorageFileResize(const char *path, unsigned long long capacity)
 {
-    if (truncate(path, capacity) < 0) {
+    int fd = -1;
+    int ret = -1;
+
+    if ((fd = open(path, O_RDWR)) < 0) {
+        virReportSystemError(errno, _("Unable to open '%s'"), path);
+        goto cleanup;
+    }
+
+    if (ftruncate(fd, capacity) < 0) {
         virReportSystemError(errno, _("Failed to truncate file '%s'"), path);
-        return -1;
+        goto cleanup;
     }
 
-    return 0;
+    if (VIR_CLOSE(fd) < 0) {
+        virReportSystemError(errno, _("Unable to save '%s'"), path);
+        goto cleanup;
+    }
+
+    ret = 0;
+
+cleanup:
+    VIR_FORCE_CLOSE(fd);
+    return ret;
 }
 
 #ifdef __linux__