diff --git a/virtio-devices/src/seccomp_filters.rs b/virtio-devices/src/seccomp_filters.rs
index af51048b3..c82fda5af 100644
--- a/virtio-devices/src/seccomp_filters.rs
+++ b/virtio-devices/src/seccomp_filters.rs
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ fn virtio_net_ctl_thread_rules() -> Result<Vec<SyscallRuleSet>, Error> {
         allow_syscall(libc::SYS_read),
         allow_syscall(libc::SYS_rt_sigprocmask),
         allow_syscall(libc::SYS_sigaltstack),
+        allow_syscall(libc::SYS_write),
     ])
 }