diff --git a/freebsd/src/lib.rs b/freebsd/src/lib.rs
index 7a9ffff..6cff7e9 100644
--- a/freebsd/src/lib.rs
+++ b/freebsd/src/lib.rs
@@ -489,3 +489,30 @@ impl FreeBSDCommandExt for std::process::Command {
         self
     }
 }
+
+pub fn copy_file_range(source_fd: i32, s_offset: i64, dest_fd: i32, d_offset: i64, max_len: usize) -> nix::Result<usize> {
+    unsafe {
+        let mut source_offset = s_offset;
+        let mut dest_offset = d_offset;
+        let mut remaining_len = max_len;
+        let mut copied_len = 0usize;
+        loop {
+            match nix::libc::copy_file_range(source_fd, &mut source_offset, dest_fd, &mut dest_offset, remaining_len, 0) {
+                0 => {
+                    break Ok(copied_len)
+                },
+                -1 => {
+                    break Err(nix::Error::last())
+                },
+                m => {
+                    assert!(m.is_positive());
+                    let n = m as usize;
+                    assert!(n <= remaining_len);
+                    remaining_len -= n;
+                    copied_len += n;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/xcd/src/ipc.rs b/xcd/src/ipc.rs
index bb9a735..0b2b668 100644
--- a/xcd/src/ipc.rs
+++ b/xcd/src/ipc.rs
@@ -885,15 +885,9 @@ async fn fd_import(
 
     info!("import: content_type is {content_type}");
 
-    unsafe {
-        freebsd::nix::libc::copy_file_range(
-            source_fd,
-            std::ptr::null_mut(),
-            dest_fd,
-            std::ptr::null_mut(),
-            file_len,
-            0,
-        );
+    if let Err(error) = freebsd::copy_file_range(source_fd, 0, dest_fd, 0, file_len) {
+        error!(error=error.to_string(), "copy_file_range failed");
+        return ipc_err(EIO, "failed to copyin archive")
     }
 
     info!("copy_file_range done");
@@ -922,8 +916,8 @@ async fn fd_import(
     let diff_id = OciDigest::new_unchecked(output_lines[0].trim());
     let archive_digest = OciDigest::new_unchecked(output_lines[1].trim());
 
-    info!("diff_id: {diff_id}");
-    info!("archive_digest: {archive_digest}");
+    info!(diff_id=diff_id.as_str(), "diff_id");
+    info!(archive_digest=archive_digest.as_str(), "archive_digest");
 
     let path = {
         let mut path = config.layers_dir.to_path_buf();