1 files changed, 0 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
index bd084a13c719..9161e70a4379 100644
--- a/kernel/auditsc.c
+++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
@@ -1913,9 +1913,6 @@ void __audit_getname(const char *name)
         struct audit_context *context = current->audit_context;
         struct audit_names *n;
 
-        if (IS_ERR(name) || !name)
-                return;
-
         if (!context->in_syscall) {
 #if AUDIT_DEBUG == 2
                 printk(KERN_ERR "%s:%d(:%d): ignoring getname(%p)\n",