1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
index 2dd4dd6bdbc1..f21f1e0e6452 100644
--- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
+++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
@@ -3176,18 +3176,17 @@ static int selinux_inode_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
                 if (!has_cap_mac_admin(true)) {
                         struct audit_buffer *ab;
                         size_t audit_size;
-                        const char *str;
 
                         /* We strip a nul only if it is at the end, otherwise the
                          * context contains a nul and we should audit that */
                         if (value) {
-                                str = value;
+                                const char *str = value;
+
                                 if (str[size - 1] == '\0')
                                         audit_size = size - 1;
                                 else
                                         audit_size = size;
                         } else {
-                                str = "";
                                 audit_size = 0;
                         }
                         ab = audit_log_start(current->audit_context, GFP_ATOMIC, AUDIT_SELINUX_ERR);