diff --git a/pkg/sentry/kernel/syscalls.go b/pkg/sentry/kernel/syscalls.go
index 680b15c68..259890fd5 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/kernel/syscalls.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/kernel/syscalls.go
@@ -500,8 +500,6 @@ type SyscallInfo struct {
 // FIXME(gvisor.dev/issue/10556): checkescape can't distinguish between this
 // file and files named syscalls.go in other directories, resulting in false
 // positives, so this function cannot be +checkescape:all.
-//
-//go:nosplit
 func IncrementUnimplementedSyscallCounter(sysno uintptr) {
 	s, found := unimplementedSyscallNumbers[sysno]
 	if !found {