diff --git a/archive/tar.go b/archive/tar.go
index dafd770fb..f626bb453 100644
--- a/archive/tar.go
+++ b/archive/tar.go
@@ -465,7 +465,10 @@ func (cw *changeWriter) HandleChange(k fs.ChangeKind, p string, f os.FileInfo, e
 			source = filepath.Join(cw.source, p)
 		)
 
-		if f.Mode()&os.ModeSymlink != 0 {
+		switch {
+		case f.Mode()&os.ModeSocket != 0:
+			return nil // ignore sockets
+		case f.Mode()&os.ModeSymlink != 0:
 			if link, err = os.Readlink(source); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}