diff --git a/common/xfs b/common/xfs
index 767a4815..4bd8465b 100644
--- a/common/xfs
+++ b/common/xfs
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ _xfs_mkfs_validation_check()
 	local tmpfile=`mktemp`
 	local cmd="$MKFS_XFS_PROG -f -N -d file,name=$tmpfile,size=1g"
 
-	$cmd -s size=2s >/dev/null 2>&1
+	$cmd -s size=8s >/dev/null 2>&1
 	local sum=$?
 
 	$cmd -l version=2,su=260k >/dev/null 2>&1