diff --git a/vmm/src/seccomp_filters.rs b/vmm/src/seccomp_filters.rs
index 8738a3c30..c700e7485 100644
--- a/vmm/src/seccomp_filters.rs
+++ b/vmm/src/seccomp_filters.rs
@@ -588,6 +588,7 @@ fn vcpu_thread_rules() -> Result<Vec<(i64, Vec<SeccompRule>)>, BackendError> {
         (libc::SYS_close, vec![]),
         (libc::SYS_dup, vec![]),
         (libc::SYS_exit, vec![]),
+        (libc::SYS_epoll_ctl, vec![]),
         (libc::SYS_fstat, vec![]),
         (libc::SYS_futex, vec![]),
         (libc::SYS_getrandom, vec![]),