diff --git a/vmm/src/seccomp_filters.rs b/vmm/src/seccomp_filters.rs
index afcf50bdd..a3cc35ec1 100644
--- a/vmm/src/seccomp_filters.rs
+++ b/vmm/src/seccomp_filters.rs
@@ -686,6 +686,7 @@ fn vcpu_thread_rules() -> Result<Vec<(i64, Vec<SeccompRule>)>, BackendError> {
         (libc::SYS_rt_sigprocmask, vec![]),
         (libc::SYS_rt_sigreturn, vec![]),
         (libc::SYS_sendmsg, vec![]),
+        (libc::SYS_shutdown, vec![]),
         (libc::SYS_sigaltstack, vec![]),
         (libc::SYS_tgkill, vec![]),
         (libc::SYS_tkill, vec![]),