1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
index 71e14d836e69..33dafa70229d 100644
--- a/kernel/auditsc.c
+++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
@@ -1985,14 +1985,15 @@ static void audit_log_set_loginuid(kuid_t koldloginuid, kuid_t kloginuid,
         if (!audit_enabled)
                 return;
 
+        ab = audit_log_start(NULL, GFP_KERNEL, AUDIT_LOGIN);
+        if (!ab)
+                return;
+
         uid = from_kuid(&init_user_ns, task_uid(current));
         oldloginuid = from_kuid(&init_user_ns, koldloginuid);
         loginuid = from_kuid(&init_user_ns, kloginuid),
         tty = audit_get_tty(current);
 
-        ab = audit_log_start(NULL, GFP_KERNEL, AUDIT_LOGIN);
-        if (!ab)
-                return;
         audit_log_format(ab, "pid=%d uid=%u", task_pid_nr(current), uid);
         audit_log_task_context(ab);
         audit_log_format(ab, " old-auid=%u auid=%u tty=%s old-ses=%u ses=%u res=%d",