diff --git a/velox/common/caching/SsdFile.cpp b/velox/common/caching/SsdFile.cpp
index c1297d485c66..68859306e338 100644
--- a/velox/common/caching/SsdFile.cpp
+++ b/velox/common/caching/SsdFile.cpp
@@ -169,15 +169,11 @@ SsdFile::SsdFile(const Config& config)
   writeFile_ = fs_->openFileForWrite(fileName_, fileOptions);
   readFile_ = fs_->openFileForRead(fileName_);
 
-  // NOTE: checkpoint recovery will set 'numRegions_' and 'dataSize_'
-  // accordingly.
-  numRegions_ = 0;
-  dataSize_ = 0;
-
-  const auto maxFileSize = kRegionSize * maxRegions_;
-  if (writeFile_->size() != maxFileSize) {
-    // Initialize and pre-allocate (if possible) the data file with fixed space.
-    writeFile_->truncate(static_cast<int64_t>(maxFileSize));
+  const uint64_t size = writeFile_->size();
+  numRegions_ = std::min<int32_t>(size / kRegionSize, maxRegions_);
+  fileSize_ = numRegions_ * kRegionSize;
+  if ((size % kRegionSize > 0) || (size > numRegions_ * kRegionSize)) {
+    writeFile_->truncate(fileSize_);
   }
   // The existing regions in the file are writable.
   writableRegions_.resize(numRegions_);
@@ -338,8 +334,10 @@ std::optional<std::pair<uint64_t, int32_t>> SsdFile::getSpace(
 bool SsdFile::growOrEvictLocked() {
   process::TraceContext trace("SsdFile::growOrEvictLocked");
   if (numRegions_ < maxRegions_) {
+    const auto newSize = (numRegions_ + 1) * kRegionSize;
     try {
-      dataSize_ = (numRegions_ + 1) * kRegionSize;
+      writeFile_->truncate(newSize);
+      fileSize_ = newSize;
       writableRegions_.push_back(numRegions_);
       regionSizes_[numRegions_] = 0;
       erasedRegionSizes_[numRegions_] = 0;
@@ -450,7 +448,7 @@ void SsdFile::write(std::vector<CachePin>& pins) {
       writeOffset += writeLength;
       writeLength = 0;
     }
-    VELOX_CHECK_GE(dataSize_, writeOffset);
+    VELOX_CHECK_GE(fileSize_, writeOffset);
 
     {
       std::lock_guard<std::shared_mutex> l(mutex_);
@@ -1009,7 +1007,6 @@ void SsdFile::readCheckpoint(std::ifstream& state) {
       maxRegions_,
       "Trying to start from checkpoint with a different capacity");
   numRegions_ = readNumber<int32_t>(state);
-  dataSize_ = numRegions_ * kRegionSize;
   std::vector<double> scores(maxRegions);
   state.read(asChar(scores.data()), maxRegions_ * sizeof(double));
   std::unordered_map<uint64_t, StringIdLease> idMap;
diff --git a/velox/common/caching/SsdFile.h b/velox/common/caching/SsdFile.h
index 660be3f3d884..31300a274a78 100644
--- a/velox/common/caching/SsdFile.h
+++ b/velox/common/caching/SsdFile.h
@@ -563,8 +563,8 @@ class SsdFile {
   // File system.
   std::shared_ptr<filesystems::FileSystem> fs_;
 
-  // The size of actual cached data in bytes. Must be multiple of kRegionSize.
-  uint64_t dataSize_{0};
+  // Size of the backing file in bytes. Must be multiple of kRegionSize.
+  uint64_t fileSize_{0};
 
   // ReadFile for cache data file.
   std::unique_ptr<ReadFile> readFile_;
diff --git a/velox/common/caching/tests/SsdFileTest.cpp b/velox/common/caching/tests/SsdFileTest.cpp
index 532f7855eb82..0b0bef1ca842 100644
--- a/velox/common/caching/tests/SsdFileTest.cpp
+++ b/velox/common/caching/tests/SsdFileTest.cpp
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ TEST_F(SsdFileTest, recoverFromCheckpointWithChecksum) {
       ASSERT_EQ(statsAfterRecover.entriesCached, stats.entriesCached);
     } else {
       ASSERT_EQ(statsAfterRecover.bytesCached, 0);
-      ASSERT_EQ(statsAfterRecover.regionsCached, 0);
+      ASSERT_EQ(statsAfterRecover.regionsCached, stats.regionsCached);
       ASSERT_EQ(statsAfterRecover.entriesCached, 0);
     }
 
diff --git a/velox/common/file/File.cpp b/velox/common/file/File.cpp
index f4b7f4b5838d..6a30f0a26159 100644
--- a/velox/common/file/File.cpp
+++ b/velox/common/file/File.cpp
@@ -377,21 +377,6 @@ void LocalWriteFile::write(
 void LocalWriteFile::truncate(int64_t newSize) {
   checkNotClosed(closed_);
   VELOX_CHECK_GE(newSize, 0, "New size cannot be negative.");
-#ifdef linux
-  if (newSize > size_) {
-    // Use fallocate to extend the file.
-    const auto ret = ::fallocate(fd_, 0, 0, newSize);
-    VELOX_CHECK_EQ(
-        ret,
-        0,
-        "fallocate failed in LocalWriteFile::truncate: {}.",
-        folly::errnoStr(errno));
-    size_ = newSize;
-    return;
-  }
-#endif // linux
-
-  // Fallback to ftruncate.
   const auto ret = ::ftruncate(fd_, newSize);
   VELOX_CHECK_EQ(
       ret,