1 files changed, 4 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/auditfilter.c b/kernel/auditfilter.c
index ce61f423542c..1bf093dcffe0 100644
--- a/kernel/auditfilter.c
+++ b/kernel/auditfilter.c
@@ -1210,8 +1210,8 @@ static inline int audit_add_rule(struct audit_entry *entry,
         struct audit_entry *e;
         struct audit_field *inode_f = entry->rule.inode_f;
         struct audit_watch *watch = entry->rule.watch;
-        struct nameidata *ndp, *ndw;
-        int h, err, putnd_needed = 0;
+        struct nameidata *ndp = NULL, *ndw = NULL;
+        int h, err;
 #ifdef CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL
         int dont_count = 0;
 
@@ -1239,7 +1239,6 @@ static inline int audit_add_rule(struct audit_entry *entry,
                 err = audit_get_nd(watch->path, &ndp, &ndw);
                 if (err)
                         goto error;
-                putnd_needed = 1;
         }
 
         mutex_lock(&audit_filter_mutex);
@@ -1269,14 +1268,11 @@ static inline int audit_add_rule(struct audit_entry *entry,
 #endif
         mutex_unlock(&audit_filter_mutex);
 
-        if (putnd_needed)
-                audit_put_nd(ndp, ndw);
-
+        audit_put_nd(ndp, ndw);         /* NULL args OK */
         return 0;
 
 error:
-        if (putnd_needed)
-                audit_put_nd(ndp, ndw);
+        audit_put_nd(ndp, ndw);         /* NULL args OK */
         if (watch)
                 audit_put_watch(watch); /* tmp watch, matches initial get */
         return err;