diff --git a/linux-user/syscall.c b/linux-user/syscall.c
index cec8428589..b2b563e388 100644
--- a/linux-user/syscall.c
+++ b/linux-user/syscall.c
@@ -7767,7 +7767,17 @@ abi_long do_syscall(void *cpu_env, int num, abi_long arg1,
     case TARGET_NR_write:
         if (!(p = lock_user(VERIFY_READ, arg2, arg3, 1)))
             goto efault;
-        ret = get_errno(safe_write(arg1, p, arg3));
+        if (fd_trans_target_to_host_data(arg1)) {
+            void *copy = g_malloc(arg3);
+            memcpy(copy, p, arg3);
+            ret = fd_trans_target_to_host_data(arg1)(copy, arg3);
+            if (ret >= 0) {
+                ret = get_errno(safe_write(arg1, copy, ret));
+            }
+            g_free(copy);
+        } else {
+            ret = get_errno(safe_write(arg1, p, arg3));
+        }
         unlock_user(p, arg2, 0);
         break;
 #ifdef TARGET_NR_open