diff --git a/tools/syz-trace2syz/proggen/call_selector.go b/tools/syz-trace2syz/proggen/call_selector.go
index 3f6cb9031728..2bd46b746703 100644
--- a/tools/syz-trace2syz/proggen/call_selector.go
+++ b/tools/syz-trace2syz/proggen/call_selector.go
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ func (cs *selectorCommon) callSet(callName string) []*prog.Syscall {
 		return calls
 	}
 	for _, call := range cs.target.Syscalls {
-		if call.CallName == callName {
+		if !call.Attrs.Automatic && call.CallName == callName { // Do not take automatic system calls into consideration.
 			calls = append(calls, call)
 		}
 	}