diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 0cc44fafeea1..3aaceaeee56f 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: bf45da97a45f634422559ec61429dddf4d2fffb9
+refs/heads/master: 71e1c784b24a026a490b3de01541fc5ee14ebc09
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/audit.c b/trunk/kernel/audit.c
index c9345d3e8ada..04fe2e301b61 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/audit.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/audit.c
@@ -558,8 +558,9 @@ static int __init audit_init(void)
 					   THIS_MODULE);
 	if (!audit_sock)
 		audit_panic("cannot initialize netlink socket");
+	else
+		audit_sock->sk_sndtimeo = MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT;
 
-	audit_sock->sk_sndtimeo = MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT;
 	skb_queue_head_init(&audit_skb_queue);
 	audit_initialized = 1;
 	audit_enabled = audit_default;