1 files changed, 1 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
index 7ed82b088e4b..8aca4ab4aa27 100644
--- a/kernel/auditsc.c
+++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
@@ -329,7 +329,6 @@ static enum audit_state audit_filter_syscall(struct task_struct *tsk,
         return AUDIT_BUILD_CONTEXT;
 }
 
-/* This should be called with task_lock() held. */
 static inline struct audit_context *audit_get_context(struct task_struct *tsk,
                                                       int return_valid,
                                                       int return_code)
@@ -823,15 +822,10 @@ void audit_syscall_exit(int valid, long return_code)
         struct task_struct *tsk = current;
         struct audit_context *context;
 
-        get_task_struct(tsk);
-        task_lock(tsk);
         context = audit_get_context(tsk, valid, return_code);
-        task_unlock(tsk);
 
-        /* Not having a context here is ok, since the parent may have
-         * called __put_task_struct. */
         if (likely(!context))
-                goto out;
+                return;
 
         if (context->in_syscall && context->auditable)
                 audit_log_exit(context, tsk);
@@ -849,8 +843,6 @@ void audit_syscall_exit(int valid, long return_code)
                 audit_free_aux(context);
                 tsk->audit_context = context;
         }
- out:
-        put_task_struct(tsk);
 }
 
 /**