diff --git a/packages/orchestrator/pkg/sandbox/block/memfd.go b/packages/orchestrator/pkg/sandbox/block/memfd.go
index 687ea908a3..86afd18acc 100644
--- a/packages/orchestrator/pkg/sandbox/block/memfd.go
+++ b/packages/orchestrator/pkg/sandbox/block/memfd.go
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ func pwritevAll(fd int, off int64, iovs [][]byte) error {
 			return err
 		}
 		if n == 0 {
-			return fmt.Errorf("pwritev: EOF with %d iovec(s) remaining", len(iovs))
+			return fmt.Errorf("pwritev: no progress, %d iovec(s) remaining", len(iovs))
 		}
 
 		off += int64(n)