diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 6fe959418818..f8c1e0ec1fba 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: bf001b26793bd9f8a446577c361226fbcd617182
+refs/heads/master: 7a4ae749a478f8bca73d4b5b8c1b8cbb178b2db5
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/audit.c b/trunk/kernel/audit.c
index 0c56320d38dc..32fa03ad1984 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/audit.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/audit.c
@@ -291,8 +291,10 @@ int kauditd_thread(void *dummy)
 			set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
 			add_wait_queue(&kauditd_wait, &wait);
 
-			if (!skb_queue_len(&audit_skb_queue))
+			if (!skb_queue_len(&audit_skb_queue)) {
+				try_to_freeze();
 				schedule();
+			}
 
 			__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
 			remove_wait_queue(&kauditd_wait, &wait);