diff --git a/connection.go b/connection.go
index 5b3c4ec3..dfbb856b 100644
--- a/connection.go
+++ b/connection.go
@@ -525,12 +525,13 @@ func (c *Connection) Reply(ctx context.Context, opErr error) error {
 	noResponse := c.kernelResponse(outMsg, inMsg.Header().Unique, op, opErr)
 
 	if !noResponse {
-		// writev is not atomic
-		writeLock.Lock()
-		defer writeLock.Unlock()
-
 		var err error
 		if outMsg.Sglist != nil {
+			if fusekernel.IsPlatformFuseT {
+				// writev is not atomic on macos, restrict to fuse-t platform
+				writeLock.Lock()
+				defer writeLock.Unlock()
+			}
 			_, err = writev(int(c.dev.Fd()), outMsg.Sglist)
 		} else {
 			err = c.writeMessage(outMsg.OutHeaderBytes())
diff --git a/samples/roloopbackfs/inode.go b/samples/roloopbackfs/inode.go
index 11854f8c..fbde3f27 100644
--- a/samples/roloopbackfs/inode.go
+++ b/samples/roloopbackfs/inode.go
@@ -116,12 +116,12 @@ func (in *inodeEntry) ListChildren(inodes *sync.Map) ([]*fuseutil.Dirent, error)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	dirents := make([]*fuseutil.Dirent, len(children))
+	dirents := []*fuseutil.Dirent{}
 	for i, child := range children {
 
 		childInode, err := getOrCreateInode(inodes, in.id, child.Name())
 		if err != nil || childInode == nil {
-			return nil, nil
+			continue
 		}
 
 		var childType fuseutil.DirentType
@@ -133,12 +133,12 @@ func (in *inodeEntry) ListChildren(inodes *sync.Map) ([]*fuseutil.Dirent, error)
 			childType = fuseutil.DT_File
 		}
 
-		dirents[i] = &fuseutil.Dirent{
+		dirents = append(dirents, &fuseutil.Dirent{
 			Offset: fuseops.DirOffset(i + 1),
 			Inode:  childInode.Id(),
 			Name:   child.Name(),
 			Type:   childType,
-		}
+		})
 	}
 	return dirents, nil
 }