diff --git a/block/file-posix.c b/block/file-posix.c
index 442f080eaa..d24e34be36 100644
--- a/block/file-posix.c
+++ b/block/file-posix.c
@@ -1604,6 +1604,17 @@ static int raw_create(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)
 #endif
     case PREALLOC_MODE_FULL:
     {
+        /*
+         * Knowing the final size from the beginning could allow the file
+         * system driver to do less allocations and possibly avoid
+         * fragmentation of the file.
+         */
+        if (ftruncate(fd, total_size) != 0) {
+            result = -errno;
+            error_setg_errno(errp, -result, "Could not resize file");
+            goto out_close;
+        }
+
         int64_t num = 0, left = total_size;
         buf = g_malloc0(65536);
 
@@ -1642,6 +1653,7 @@ static int raw_create(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)
         break;
     }
 
+out_close:
     if (qemu_close(fd) != 0 && result == 0) {
         result = -errno;
         error_setg_errno(errp, -result, "Could not close the new file");