diff --git a/test/e2e/network/service.go b/test/e2e/network/service.go
index a693d426abb..ab9f017d261 100644
--- a/test/e2e/network/service.go
+++ b/test/e2e/network/service.go
@@ -2408,7 +2408,7 @@ var _ = common.SIGDescribe("Services", func() {
 		// Create a pod in one node to get evicted
 		ginkgo.By("creating a client pod that is going to be evicted for the service " + serviceName)
 		evictedPod := e2epod.NewAgnhostPod(namespace, "evicted-pod", nil, nil, nil)
-		evictedPod.Spec.Containers[0].Command = []string{"/bin/sh", "-c", "sleep 10; fallocate -l 10M file; sleep 10000"}
+		evictedPod.Spec.Containers[0].Command = []string{"/bin/sh", "-c", "sleep 10; dd if=/dev/zero of=file bs=1M count=10; sleep 10000"}
 		evictedPod.Spec.Containers[0].Name = "evicted-pod"
 		evictedPod.Spec.Containers[0].Resources = v1.ResourceRequirements{
 			Limits: v1.ResourceList{"ephemeral-storage": resource.MustParse("5Mi")},
diff --git a/test/e2e/node/pods.go b/test/e2e/node/pods.go
index 9966446dfc8..8999af61016 100644
--- a/test/e2e/node/pods.go
+++ b/test/e2e/node/pods.go
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Pods Extended", func() {
 							Name:  "bar",
 							Image: image,
 							Command: []string{
-								"/bin/sh", "-c", "sleep 10; fallocate -l 10M file; sleep 10000",
+								"/bin/sh", "-c", "sleep 10; dd if=/dev/zero of=file bs=1M count=10; sleep 10000",
 							},
 							Resources: v1.ResourceRequirements{
 								Limits: v1.ResourceList{