diff --git a/libcontainer/seccomp/patchbpf/enosys_linux_test.go b/libcontainer/seccomp/patchbpf/enosys_linux_test.go
index b2ee6255b..727800aa5 100644
--- a/libcontainer/seccomp/patchbpf/enosys_linux_test.go
+++ b/libcontainer/seccomp/patchbpf/enosys_linux_test.go
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ func TestDisassembleHugeFilterDoesNotHang(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	for i := 1; i < 10000; i++ {
-		if err := hugeFilter.AddRule(libseccomp.ScmpSyscall(i), libseccomp.ActKill); err != nil {
+		if err := hugeFilter.AddRule(libseccomp.ScmpSyscall(i), libseccomp.ActKillThread); err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("failed to add rule to filter %d: %v", i, err)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/libcontainer/seccomp/seccomp_linux.go b/libcontainer/seccomp/seccomp_linux.go
index f177b7f05..8c12af72b 100644
--- a/libcontainer/seccomp/seccomp_linux.go
+++ b/libcontainer/seccomp/seccomp_linux.go
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ func InitSeccomp(config *configs.Seccomp) (int, error) {
 // Convert Libcontainer Action to Libseccomp ScmpAction
 func getAction(act configs.Action, errnoRet *uint) (libseccomp.ScmpAction, error) {
 	switch act {
-	case configs.Kill:
-		return libseccomp.ActKill, nil
+	case configs.Kill, configs.KillThread:
+		return libseccomp.ActKillThread, nil
 	case configs.Errno:
 		if errnoRet != nil {
 			return libseccomp.ActErrno.SetReturnCode(int16(*errnoRet)), nil
@@ -133,8 +133,6 @@ func getAction(act configs.Action, errnoRet *uint) (libseccomp.ScmpAction, error
 		return libseccomp.ActLog, nil
 	case configs.Notify:
 		return libseccomp.ActNotify, nil
-	case configs.KillThread:
-		return libseccomp.ActKillThread, nil
 	case configs.KillProcess:
 		return libseccomp.ActKillProcess, nil
 	default: