diff --git a/avocado_vt/plugins/vt.py b/avocado_vt/plugins/vt.py
index 922e25d33d..9eb1b631ef 100644
--- a/avocado_vt/plugins/vt.py
+++ b/avocado_vt/plugins/vt.py
@@ -250,6 +250,21 @@ def configure(self, parser):
             help=help_msg,
         )
 
+        help_msg = (
+            "Omits the `OSError [Errno 9] Bad file descriptor` caused by "
+            "avocado.utils.process utility during clean up. This can be used "
+            "when this error would cause false positive failures of a test."
+        )
+        add_option(
+            vt_compat_group_common,
+            dest="vt.omit_data_loss",
+            arg="--vt-omit-data-loss",
+            action="store_true",
+            default=False,
+            help=help_msg,
+        )
+
+
     def run(self, config):
         """
         Run test modules or simple tests.
diff --git a/avocado_vt/plugins/vt_init.py b/avocado_vt/plugins/vt_init.py
index 4c13d81b88..61c78bf891 100644
--- a/avocado_vt/plugins/vt_init.py
+++ b/avocado_vt/plugins/vt_init.py
@@ -125,6 +125,19 @@ def initialize(self):
                 help_msg=help_msg,
             )
 
+            help_msg = (
+                "Omits the `OSError [Errno 9] Bad file descriptor` caused by "
+                "avocado.utils.process utility during clean up. This can be used "
+                "when this error would cause false positive failures of a test."
+            )
+            settings.register_option(
+                section,
+                key="omit_data_loss",
+                key_type=bool,
+                default=False,
+                help_msg=help_msg,
+            )
+
             # [vt.setup] section
             section = "vt.setup"
 
diff --git a/avocado_vt/test.py b/avocado_vt/test.py
index 71161f8f60..cb4a2ece53 100644
--- a/avocado_vt/test.py
+++ b/avocado_vt/test.py
@@ -150,6 +150,11 @@ def setUp(self):
         except exceptions.TestSkipError:
             self.__exc_info = sys.exc_info()
             raise  # This one has to be raised in setUp
+        except OSError as e:
+            if not self._config.get("vt.omit_data_loss"):
+                raise e
+            elif e.errno != 9:
+                raise e
         except:  # nopep8 Old-style exceptions are not inherited from Exception()
             self.__exc_info = sys.exc_info()
             self.__status = self.__exc_info[1]
@@ -169,28 +174,34 @@ def setUp(self):
                             os.remove(libvirtd_log)
                     else:
                         # tar the libvirtd log and archive
-                        self.log.info("archiving libvirtd debug logs")
-                        from virttest import utils_package
-
-                        if utils_package.package_install("tar"):
-                            if os.path.isfile(libvirtd_log):
-                                archive = os.path.join(
-                                    os.path.dirname(libvirtd_log), "libvirtd.tar.gz"
-                                )
-                                cmd = "tar -zcf %s -P %s" % (
-                                    shlex.quote(archive),
-                                    shlex.quote(libvirtd_log),
-                                )
-                                if process.system(cmd) == 0:
-                                    os.remove(libvirtd_log)
+                        try:
+                            self.log.info("archiving libvirtd debug logs")
+                            from virttest import utils_package
+
+                            if utils_package.package_install("tar"):
+                                if os.path.isfile(libvirtd_log):
+                                    archive = os.path.join(
+                                        os.path.dirname(libvirtd_log), "libvirtd.tar.gz"
+                                    )
+                                    cmd = "tar -zcf %s -P %s" % (
+                                        shlex.quote(archive),
+                                        shlex.quote(libvirtd_log),
+                                    )
+                                    if process.system(cmd) == 0:
+                                        os.remove(libvirtd_log)
+                                else:
+                                    self.log.error(
+                                        "Unable to find log file: %s", libvirtd_log
+                                    )
                             else:
                                 self.log.error(
-                                    "Unable to find log file: %s", libvirtd_log
+                                    "Unable to find tar to compress libvirtd " "logs"
                                 )
-                        else:
-                            self.log.error(
-                                "Unable to find tar to compress libvirtd " "logs"
-                            )
+                        except OSError as e:
+                            if not self._config.get("vt.omit_data_loss"):
+                                raise e
+                            elif e.errno != 9:
+                                raise e
 
             if env_lang:
                 os.environ["LANG"] = env_lang