diff --git a/archive/tarheader/tarheader_unix.go b/archive/tarheader/tarheader_unix.go
index 98ad8f945..e9e2ea374 100644
--- a/archive/tarheader/tarheader_unix.go
+++ b/archive/tarheader/tarheader_unix.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ package tarheader
 import (
 	"archive/tar"
 	"os"
+	"runtime"
 	"syscall"
 
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ func init() {
 
 // statUnix populates hdr from system-dependent fields of fi without performing
 // any OS lookups.
-// From https://github.com/moby/moby/blob/v23.0.1/pkg/archive/archive_unix.go#L52-L70
+// From https://github.com/moby/moby/blob/2cccb1f02c83aaacef3c15fa43f3b64d57f315f8/pkg/archive/archive_unix.go#L46-L76
 func statUnix(fi os.FileInfo, hdr *tar.Header) error {
 	s, ok := fi.Sys().(*syscall.Stat_t)
 	if !ok {
@@ -49,6 +50,21 @@ func statUnix(fi os.FileInfo, hdr *tar.Header) error {
 	hdr.Uid = int(s.Uid)
 	hdr.Gid = int(s.Gid)
 
+	// Devmajor and Devminor are only needed for special devices.
+
+	// In FreeBSD, RDev for regular files is -1 (unless overridden by FS):
+	// https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/tree/sys/kern/vfs_default.c?h=stable/13#n1531
+	// (NODEV is -1: https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/tree/sys/sys/param.h?h=stable/13#n241).
+
+	// ZFS in particular does not override the default:
+	// https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/tree/sys/contrib/openzfs/module/os/freebsd/zfs/zfs_vnops_os.c?h=stable/13#n2027
+
+	// Since `Stat_t.Rdev` is uint64, the cast turns -1 into (2^64 - 1).
+	// Such large values cannot be encoded in a tar header.
+	if runtime.GOOS == "freebsd" && hdr.Typeflag != tar.TypeBlock && hdr.Typeflag != tar.TypeChar {
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	if s.Mode&unix.S_IFBLK != 0 ||
 		s.Mode&unix.S_IFCHR != 0 {
 		hdr.Devmajor = int64(unix.Major(uint64(s.Rdev)))