diff --git a/src/unix/fs.c b/src/unix/fs.c
index 9671f0dda12..3a74350f0e5 100644
--- a/src/unix/fs.c
+++ b/src/unix/fs.c
@@ -1630,6 +1630,16 @@ static void uv__fs_done(struct uv__work* w, int status) {
 }
 
 
+void uv__fs_post(uv_loop_t* loop, uv_fs_t* req) {
+  uv__req_register(loop, req);
+  uv__work_submit(loop,
+                  &req->work_req,
+                  UV__WORK_FAST_IO,
+                  uv__fs_work,
+                  uv__fs_done);
+}
+
+
 int uv_fs_access(uv_loop_t* loop,
                  uv_fs_t* req,
                  const char* path,
diff --git a/src/unix/internal.h b/src/unix/internal.h
index fe588513603..bcb3be577e5 100644
--- a/src/unix/internal.h
+++ b/src/unix/internal.h
@@ -425,6 +425,7 @@ UV_UNUSED(static int uv__stat(const char* path, struct stat* s)) {
 }
 
 #if defined(__linux__)
+void uv__fs_post(uv_loop_t* loop, uv_fs_t* req);
 ssize_t
 uv__fs_copy_file_range(int fd_in,
                        off_t* off_in,
diff --git a/src/unix/kqueue.c b/src/unix/kqueue.c
index d7aa60e77ce..4d09edc06a0 100644
--- a/src/unix/kqueue.c
+++ b/src/unix/kqueue.c
@@ -493,7 +493,13 @@ static void uv__fs_event(uv_loop_t* loop, uv__io_t* w, unsigned int fflags) {
 
   if (handle->event_watcher.fd != -1 &&
      (!uv__fstat(handle->event_watcher.fd, &statbuf) && !(statbuf.st_mode & S_IFDIR))) {
-     kf.kf_structsize = KINFO_FILE_SIZE;
+     /* we are purposely not using KINFO_FILE_SIZE here
+      * as it is not available on non intl archs
+      * and here it gives 1392 too on intel.
+      * anyway, the man page also mentions we can proceed
+      * this way.
+      */
+     kf.kf_structsize = sizeof(kf);
      if (fcntl(handle->event_watcher.fd, F_KINFO, &kf) == 0)
        path = uv__basename_r(kf.kf_path);
   }
diff --git a/src/unix/linux.c b/src/unix/linux.c
index 7402a6fae07..3c1313e7efc 100644
--- a/src/unix/linux.c
+++ b/src/unix/linux.c
@@ -1155,6 +1155,12 @@ static void uv__poll_io_uring(uv_loop_t* loop, struct uv__iou* iou) {
     uv__req_unregister(loop, req);
     iou->in_flight--;
 
+    /* If the op is not supported by the kernel retry using the thread pool */
+    if (e->res == -EOPNOTSUPP) {
+      uv__fs_post(loop, req);
+      continue;
+    }
+
     /* io_uring stores error codes as negative numbers, same as libuv. */
     req->result = e->res;