diff --git a/src/state.c b/src/state.c
index 97c6b4a..c8fbc59 100644
--- a/src/state.c
+++ b/src/state.c
@@ -1039,7 +1039,7 @@
 		return -EBUSY;
 
 	ret = stat(path, &s);
-	if (!ret && !S_ISCHR(s.st_mode)) {
+	if (!ret && !S_ISCHR(s.st_mode) && !S_ISBLK(s.st_mode)) {
 		if (size == 0)
 			size = s.st_size;
 		else if (offset + size > s.st_size)