diff --git a/include/common/common_defs.hpp b/include/common/common_defs.hpp
index c9d224387c4a1a88b6f6509a4dfda21929411ca2..e9e65a74812f60373a647e97a3b98e7ae9725ee0 100644
--- a/include/common/common_defs.hpp
+++ b/include/common/common_defs.hpp
@@ -66,4 +66,9 @@ constexpr auto na_sm = "na+sm";
 } // namespace protocol
 } // namespace gkfs::rpc
 
+namespace gkfs::config::syscall::stat {
+// Number 512-byte blocks allocated as it is in the linux kernel (struct_stat.h)
+constexpr auto st_nblocksize = 512;
+} // namespace gkfs::config::syscall::stat
+
 #endif // GEKKOFS_COMMON_DEFS_HPP
diff --git a/src/client/preload_util.cpp b/src/client/preload_util.cpp
index 2a77c37a36f2824f3f74b5bc73efbf55dd6247c3..0fdf59d3623e8716d5bc5568440354ae5a86a84b 100644
--- a/src/client/preload_util.cpp
+++ b/src/client/preload_util.cpp
@@ -268,9 +268,10 @@ metadata_to_stat(const std::string& path, const gkfs::metadata::Metadata& md,
     if(CTX->fs_conf()->link_cnt_state) {
         attr.st_nlink = md.link_count();
     }
-    if(CTX->fs_conf()->blocks_state) { // last one will not encounter a
-                                       // delimiter anymore
+    if(CTX->fs_conf()->blocks_state) {
         attr.st_blocks = md.blocks();
+    } else {
+        attr.st_blocks = md.size() / gkfs::config::syscall::stat::st_nblocksize;
     }
     return 0;
 }