diff --git a/tools/virtiofsd/passthrough_seccomp.c b/tools/virtiofsd/passthrough_seccomp.c
index 1ecf5bf318..ea852e2e33 100644
--- a/tools/virtiofsd/passthrough_seccomp.c
+++ b/tools/virtiofsd/passthrough_seccomp.c
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ static const int syscall_whitelist[] = {
     SCMP_SYS(renameat),
     SCMP_SYS(renameat2),
     SCMP_SYS(removexattr),
+    SCMP_SYS(restart_syscall),
     SCMP_SYS(rt_sigaction),
     SCMP_SYS(rt_sigprocmask),
     SCMP_SYS(rt_sigreturn),