1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
index 2eeea9a14240..6d7175c1e878 100644
--- a/kernel/audit.c
+++ b/kernel/audit.c
@@ -170,7 +170,9 @@ void audit_panic(const char *message)
                         printk(KERN_ERR "audit: %s\n", message);
                 break;
         case AUDIT_FAIL_PANIC:
-                panic("audit: %s\n", message);
+                /* test audit_pid since printk is always losey, why bother? */
+                if (audit_pid)
+                        panic("audit: %s\n", message);
                 break;
         }
 }
@@ -352,6 +354,7 @@ static int kauditd_thread(void *dummy)
                                 if (err < 0) {
                                         BUG_ON(err != -ECONNREFUSED); /* Shoudn't happen */
                                         printk(KERN_ERR "audit: *NO* daemon at audit_pid=%d\n", audit_pid);
+                                        audit_log_lost("auditd dissapeared\n");
                                         audit_pid = 0;
                                 }
                         } else {