diff --git a/build_library/vm_image_util.sh b/build_library/vm_image_util.sh
index 3721c7b15b..8e8010cdf6 100644
--- a/build_library/vm_image_util.sh
+++ b/build_library/vm_image_util.sh
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ _write_cpio_common() {
 
     # Build the squashfs, embed squashfs into a gzipped cpio
     pushd "${cpio_target}" >/dev/null
-    sudo mksquashfs "${base_dir}" "./usr.squashfs" -pf "${VM_TMP_DIR}/extra"
+    sudo mksquashfs "${base_dir}" "./usr.squashfs" -pf "${VM_TMP_DIR}/extra" -xattrs-exclude '^btrfs.'
     find . | cpio -o -H newc | gzip > "$2"
     popd >/dev/null