1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
index 4d0ceede3319..40414e9143db 100644
--- a/kernel/audit.c
+++ b/kernel/audit.c
@@ -1440,6 +1440,8 @@ void audit_log_link_denied(const char *operation, struct path *link)
 
         ab = audit_log_start(current->audit_context, GFP_KERNEL,
                              AUDIT_ANOM_LINK);
+        if (!ab)
+                return;
         audit_log_format(ab, "op=%s action=denied", operation);
         audit_log_format(ab, " pid=%d comm=", current->pid);
         audit_log_untrustedstring(ab, current->comm);