diff --git a/virtio-devices/src/seccomp_filters.rs b/virtio-devices/src/seccomp_filters.rs
index 59f364320..dbb6e488d 100644
--- a/virtio-devices/src/seccomp_filters.rs
+++ b/virtio-devices/src/seccomp_filters.rs
@@ -318,7 +318,6 @@ fn virtio_thread_common() -> Vec<(i64, Vec<SeccompRule>)> {
         (libc::SYS_rt_sigreturn, vec![]),
         (libc::SYS_sigaltstack, vec![]),
         (libc::SYS_write, vec![]),
-        #[cfg(debug_assertions)]
         (libc::SYS_fcntl, vec![]),
     ]
 }