diff --git a/providers/providers.go b/providers/providers.go
index 2d7f25b024..63f493bafd 100644
--- a/providers/providers.go
+++ b/providers/providers.go
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ func osRetry(f func() error, maxRetry int) error {
 			return nil
 		}
 
-		if errors.As(err, syscall.EBUSY) || errors.As(err, syscall.EAGAIN) {
+		if errno, ok := err.(syscall.Errno); ok && errno.Temporary() {
 			time.Sleep(osRetryDuration)
 		} else {
 			return err
diff --git a/providers/providers_test.go b/providers/providers_test.go
index 947d5160b7..4651ac0228 100644
--- a/providers/providers_test.go
+++ b/providers/providers_test.go
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@
 package providers
 
 import (
+	"syscall"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"go.mondoo.com/cnquery/v10/providers-sdk/v1/plugin"
 )
@@ -57,3 +59,13 @@ func TestProviderShutdown(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.True(t, s.isCloseOrShutdown())
 }
+
+func TestOsRetry_RetryableError(t *testing.T) {
+	funcCounter := 0
+	testFunc := func() error {
+		funcCounter++
+		return syscall.EAGAIN
+	}
+	assert.NoError(t, osRetry(testFunc, 2))
+	assert.Equal(t, 2, funcCounter)
+}