diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/files/bin/setup-nvidia b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/files/bin/setup-nvidia
index 5cf7a851ac..15fc458465 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/files/bin/setup-nvidia
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/files/bin/setup-nvidia
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ function download_flatcar_developer_container() {
     fi
 
     curl -L --fail "${FLATCAR_DEVELOPER_CONTAINER_URL}" -o "${FLATCAR_ROOT_WORKDIR}/${FLATCAR_DEVELOPER_CONTAINER}.bz2"
-    lbzip2 -d "${FLATCAR_ROOT_WORKDIR}/${FLATCAR_DEVELOPER_CONTAINER}.bz2"
-
+    cp --sparse=always <(lbzcat "${FLATCAR_ROOT_WORKDIR}/${FLATCAR_DEVELOPER_CONTAINER}.bz2") "${FLATCAR_ROOT_WORKDIR}/${FLATCAR_DEVELOPER_CONTAINER}"
+    rm "${FLATCAR_ROOT_WORKDIR}/${FLATCAR_DEVELOPER_CONTAINER}.bz2"
   fi
 
   return 0