diff --git a/rust/hg-core/src/repo.rs b/rust/hg-core/src/repo.rs
--- a/rust/hg-core/src/repo.rs
+++ b/rust/hg-core/src/repo.rs
@@ -320,7 +320,14 @@ impl Repo {
                 .set(Some(docket.uuid.to_owned()));
             let data_size = docket.data_size();
             let metadata = docket.tree_metadata();
-            if let Some(data_mmap) = self
+            if crate::vfs::is_on_nfs_mount(docket.data_filename()) {
+                // Don't mmap on NFS to prevent `SIGBUS` error on deletion
+                OwningDirstateMap::new_v2(
+                    self.hg_vfs().read(docket.data_filename())?,
+                    data_size,
+                    metadata,
+                )
+            } else if let Some(data_mmap) = self
                 .hg_vfs()
                 .mmap_open(docket.data_filename())
                 .io_not_found_as_none()?
diff --git a/rust/hg-core/src/vfs.rs b/rust/hg-core/src/vfs.rs
--- a/rust/hg-core/src/vfs.rs
+++ b/rust/hg-core/src/vfs.rs
@@ -172,3 +172,24 @@ pub(crate) fn is_dir(path: impl AsRef<Pa
 pub(crate) fn is_file(path: impl AsRef<Path>) -> Result<bool, HgError> {
     Ok(fs_metadata(path)?.map_or(false, |meta| meta.is_file()))
 }
+
+/// Returns whether the given `path` is on a network file system.
+/// Taken from `cargo`'s codebase.
+#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+pub(crate) fn is_on_nfs_mount(path: impl AsRef<Path>) -> bool {
+    use std::ffi::CString;
+    use std::mem;
+    use std::os::unix::prelude::*;
+
+    let path = match CString::new(path.as_ref().as_os_str().as_bytes()) {
+        Ok(path) => path,
+        Err(_) => return false,
+    };
+
+    unsafe {
+        let mut buf: libc::statfs = mem::zeroed();
+        let r = libc::statfs(path.as_ptr(), &mut buf);
+
+        r == 0 && buf.f_type as u32 == libc::NFS_SUPER_MAGIC as u32
+    }
+}