diff --git a/vmm/src/seccomp_filters.rs b/vmm/src/seccomp_filters.rs
index 3660c08ed..dba454f75 100644
--- a/vmm/src/seccomp_filters.rs
+++ b/vmm/src/seccomp_filters.rs
@@ -555,6 +555,7 @@ fn vmm_thread_rules() -> Result<Vec<(i64, Vec<SeccompRule>)>, BackendError> {
         (libc::SYS_sendto, vec![]),
         (libc::SYS_set_robust_list, vec![]),
         (libc::SYS_setsid, vec![]),
+        (libc::SYS_shutdown, vec![]),
         (libc::SYS_sigaltstack, vec![]),
         (
             libc::SYS_socket,