1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
index 44a4b13c9f00..511488a7bc71 100644
--- a/kernel/audit.c
+++ b/kernel/audit.c
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ static int	audit_backlog_wait_time = 60 * HZ;
 static int      audit_backlog_wait_overflow = 0;
 
 /* The identity of the user shutting down the audit system. */
-uid_t           audit_sig_uid = -1;
+kuid_t          audit_sig_uid = INVALID_UID;
 pid_t           audit_sig_pid = -1;
 u32             audit_sig_sid = 0;
 
@@ -853,7 +853,7 @@ static int audit_receive_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
                                 security_release_secctx(ctx, len);
                         return -ENOMEM;
                 }
-                sig_data->uid = audit_sig_uid;
+                sig_data->uid = from_kuid(&init_user_ns, audit_sig_uid);
                 sig_data->pid = audit_sig_pid;
                 if (audit_sig_sid) {
                         memcpy(sig_data->ctx, ctx, len);