1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
index 10176cd5956a..7aef2f4b6c64 100644
--- a/kernel/auditsc.c
+++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
@@ -1719,7 +1719,7 @@ void audit_putname(struct filename *name)
         struct audit_context *context = current->audit_context;
 
         BUG_ON(!context);
-        if (!context->in_syscall) {
+        if (!name->aname || !context->in_syscall) {
 #if AUDIT_DEBUG == 2
                 printk(KERN_ERR "%s:%d(:%d): final_putname(%p)\n",
                        __FILE__, __LINE__, context->serial, name);