diff --git a/src/borg/platform/base.py b/src/borg/platform/base.py
index 51689db25..ef8853e31 100644
--- a/src/borg/platform/base.py
+++ b/src/borg/platform/base.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import errno
 import os
 
 """
@@ -52,6 +53,11 @@ def sync_dir(path):
     fd = os.open(path, os.O_RDONLY)
     try:
         os.fsync(fd)
+    except OSError as os_error:
+        # Some network filesystems don't support this and fail with EINVAL.
+        # Other error codes (e.g. EIO) shouldn't be silenced.
+        if os_error.errno != errno.EINVAL:
+            raise
     finally:
         os.close(fd)