diff --git a/pageserver/src/tenant/mgr.rs b/pageserver/src/tenant/mgr.rs
index f6249056d8..c7212e89ba 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/mgr.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/mgr.rs
@@ -219,7 +219,11 @@ async fn safe_rename_tenant_dir(path: impl AsRef<Utf8Path>) -> std::io::Result<U
         + TEMP_FILE_SUFFIX;
     let tmp_path = path_with_suffix_extension(&path, &rand_suffix);
     fs::rename(path.as_ref(), &tmp_path).await?;
-    fs::File::open(parent).await?.sync_all().await?;
+    fs::File::open(parent)
+        .await?
+        .sync_all()
+        .await
+        .maybe_fatal_err("safe_rename_tenant_dir")?;
     Ok(tmp_path)
 }
 
diff --git a/pageserver/src/tenant/remote_timeline_client/download.rs b/pageserver/src/tenant/remote_timeline_client/download.rs
index 9fbe2f0da5..97506b7e9a 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/remote_timeline_client/download.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/remote_timeline_client/download.rs
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ async fn download_object<'a>(
                 destination_file
                     .flush()
                     .await
+                    .maybe_fatal_err("download_object sync_all")
                     .with_context(|| format!("flush source file at {dst_path}"))
                     .map_err(DownloadError::Other)?;
 
@@ -185,6 +186,7 @@ async fn download_object<'a>(
                 destination_file
                     .sync_all()
                     .await
+                    .maybe_fatal_err("download_object sync_all")
                     .with_context(|| format!("failed to fsync source file at {dst_path}"))
                     .map_err(DownloadError::Other)?;
 
@@ -232,6 +234,7 @@ async fn download_object<'a>(
                 destination_file
                     .sync_all()
                     .await
+                    .maybe_fatal_err("download_object sync_all")
                     .with_context(|| format!("failed to fsync source file at {dst_path}"))
                     .map_err(DownloadError::Other)?;
 
diff --git a/pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer/delta_layer.rs b/pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer/delta_layer.rs
index 9241ff569c..6f9eda85f5 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer/delta_layer.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer/delta_layer.rs
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ use crate::tenant::vectored_blob_io::{
 };
 use crate::tenant::PageReconstructError;
 use crate::virtual_file::owned_buffers_io::io_buf_ext::{FullSlice, IoBufExt};
-use crate::virtual_file::{self, VirtualFile};
+use crate::virtual_file::{self, MaybeFatalIo, VirtualFile};
 use crate::{walrecord, TEMP_FILE_SUFFIX};
 use crate::{DELTA_FILE_MAGIC, STORAGE_FORMAT_VERSION};
 use anyhow::{anyhow, bail, ensure, Context, Result};
@@ -589,7 +589,9 @@ impl DeltaLayerWriterInner {
         );
 
         // fsync the file
-        file.sync_all().await?;
+        file.sync_all()
+            .await
+            .maybe_fatal_err("delta_layer sync_all")?;
 
         trace!("created delta layer {}", self.path);
 
diff --git a/pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer/image_layer.rs b/pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer/image_layer.rs
index 940d169db0..3dcd7bc962 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer/image_layer.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer/image_layer.rs
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ use crate::tenant::vectored_blob_io::{
 };
 use crate::tenant::PageReconstructError;
 use crate::virtual_file::owned_buffers_io::io_buf_ext::IoBufExt;
-use crate::virtual_file::{self, VirtualFile};
+use crate::virtual_file::{self, MaybeFatalIo, VirtualFile};
 use crate::{IMAGE_FILE_MAGIC, STORAGE_FORMAT_VERSION, TEMP_FILE_SUFFIX};
 use anyhow::{anyhow, bail, ensure, Context, Result};
 use bytes::{Bytes, BytesMut};
@@ -889,7 +889,9 @@ impl ImageLayerWriterInner {
         // set inner.file here. The first read will have to re-open it.
 
         // fsync the file
-        file.sync_all().await?;
+        file.sync_all()
+            .await
+            .maybe_fatal_err("image_layer sync_all")?;
 
         trace!("created image layer {}", self.path);
 
diff --git a/pageserver/src/virtual_file.rs b/pageserver/src/virtual_file.rs
index 17d9f94c95..5b7b279888 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/virtual_file.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/virtual_file.rs
@@ -466,6 +466,7 @@ impl VirtualFile {
                 &[]
             };
             utils::crashsafe::overwrite(&final_path, &tmp_path, content)
+                .maybe_fatal_err("crashsafe_overwrite")
         })
         .await
         .expect("blocking task is never aborted")
@@ -475,7 +476,7 @@ impl VirtualFile {
     pub async fn sync_all(&self) -> Result<(), Error> {
         with_file!(self, StorageIoOperation::Fsync, |file_guard| {
             let (_file_guard, res) = io_engine::get().sync_all(file_guard).await;
-            res
+            res.maybe_fatal_err("sync_all")
         })
     }
 
@@ -483,7 +484,7 @@ impl VirtualFile {
     pub async fn sync_data(&self) -> Result<(), Error> {
         with_file!(self, StorageIoOperation::Fsync, |file_guard| {
             let (_file_guard, res) = io_engine::get().sync_data(file_guard).await;
-            res
+            res.maybe_fatal_err("sync_data")
         })
     }