diff --git a/pkg/util/qemuimg/init.go b/pkg/util/qemuimg/init.go
index 34bcfe5d11..b18575f4c3 100644
--- a/pkg/util/qemuimg/init.go
+++ b/pkg/util/qemuimg/init.go
@@ -59,11 +59,11 @@ func QemuImgInit() error {
 
 func qcow2SparseOptions() []string {
 	if version.LE(qemuImgVersion, "1.1") {
-		return []string{"preallocation=metadata", "cluster_size=2M"}
+		return []string{"cluster_size=2M"}
 	} else if version.LE(qemuImgVersion, "1.7.1") {
-		return []string{"preallocation=metadata", "lazy_refcounts=on"}
+		return []string{"lazy_refcounts=on"}
 	} else if version.LE(qemuImgVersion, "2.2") {
-		return []string{"preallocation=metadata", "lazy_refcounts=on", "cluster_size=2M"}
+		return []string{"lazy_refcounts=on", "cluster_size=2M"}
 	} else {
 		return []string{}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/util/qemuimg/qemuimg.go b/pkg/util/qemuimg/qemuimg.go
index eed445b408..276137c04c 100644
--- a/pkg/util/qemuimg/qemuimg.go
+++ b/pkg/util/qemuimg/qemuimg.go
@@ -22,9 +22,8 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
-
 	"yunion.io/x/log"
+	"yunion.io/x/pkg/errors"
 	"yunion.io/x/pkg/utils"
 
 	api "yunion.io/x/onecloud/pkg/apis/compute"
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	ErrUnsupportedFormat = errors.New("unsupported format")
+	ErrUnsupportedFormat = errors.Error("unsupported format")
 )
 
 type TIONiceLevel int
@@ -461,6 +460,9 @@ func (img *SQemuImage) CreateQcow2(sizeMB int, compact bool, backPath string) er
 		}
 	} else if !compact {
 		sparseOpts := qcow2SparseOptions()
+		if sizeMB <= 1024*1024*4 {
+			options = append(options, "preallocation=metadata")
+		}
 		options = append(options, sparseOpts...)
 	}
 	return img.create(sizeMB, QCOW2, options)