diff --git a/vmm/src/seccomp_filters.rs b/vmm/src/seccomp_filters.rs
index 2f30d1b83..f00f3a3f3 100644
--- a/vmm/src/seccomp_filters.rs
+++ b/vmm/src/seccomp_filters.rs
@@ -902,6 +902,7 @@ fn vcpu_thread_rules(
         ),
         (libc::SYS_fcntl, vec![]),
         (libc::SYS_fstat, vec![]),
+        (libc::SYS_fsync, vec![]),
         (libc::SYS_futex, vec![]),
         (libc::SYS_getcwd, vec![]),
         (libc::SYS_getrandom, vec![]),