diff --git a/states/swapfile/init.sls b/states/swapfile/init.sls
index 1a4062e..a26433d 100644
--- a/states/swapfile/init.sls
+++ b/states/swapfile/init.sls
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     - name: |
         swapon --show=NAME --noheadings | grep -q "^{{ path }}$" && swapoff {{ path }}
         rm -f {{ path }}
-        fallocate -l {{ size }}M {{ path }}
+        dd if=/dev/zero of={{ path }}  bs=1M count={{ size }}
         chmod 0600 {{ path }}
         mkswap {{ path }}
     - unless: bash -c '[[ $(($(stat -c %s {{ path }}) / 1024**2)) = {{ size }} ]]'