1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
index 4d1bd62b090b..2e481141b014 100644
--- a/kernel/auditsc.c
+++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
@@ -2147,11 +2147,15 @@ void __audit_inode(const char *name, const struct dentry *dentry)
         if (!context->in_syscall)
                 return;
 
+        if (!name)
+                goto out_alloc;
+
         list_for_each_entry_reverse(n, &context->names_list, list) {
-                if (n->name && (n->name == name))
+                if (n->name == name)
                         goto out;
         }
 
+out_alloc:
         /* unable to find the name from a previous getname() */
         n = audit_alloc_name(context);
         if (!n)