1 files changed, 5 insertions, 15 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/acct.c b/kernel/acct.c
index 24f8c81fc48d..9e53bb2acfff 100644
--- a/kernel/acct.c
+++ b/kernel/acct.c
@@ -216,7 +216,6 @@ static int acct_on(char *name)
 {
         struct file *file;
         struct vfsmount *mnt;
-        int error;
         struct pid_namespace *ns;
         struct bsd_acct_struct *acct = NULL;
 
@@ -244,13 +243,6 @@ static int acct_on(char *name)
                 }
         }
 
-        error = security_acct(file);
-        if (error) {
-                kfree(acct);
-                filp_close(file, NULL);
-                return error;
-        }
-
         spin_lock(&acct_lock);
         if (ns->bacct == NULL) {
                 ns->bacct = acct;
@@ -281,7 +273,7 @@ static int acct_on(char *name)
  */
 SYSCALL_DEFINE1(acct, const char __user *, name)
 {
-        int error;
+        int error = 0;
 
         if (!capable(CAP_SYS_PACCT))
                 return -EPERM;
@@ -299,13 +291,11 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(acct, const char __user *, name)
                 if (acct == NULL)
                         return 0;
 
-                error = security_acct(NULL);
-                if (!error) {
-                        spin_lock(&acct_lock);
-                        acct_file_reopen(acct, NULL, NULL);
-                        spin_unlock(&acct_lock);
-                }
+                spin_lock(&acct_lock);
+                acct_file_reopen(acct, NULL, NULL);
+                spin_unlock(&acct_lock);
         }
+
         return error;
 }