diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 16873ecac522..15f7caa99b4b 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 1c2e51e8c162417d2831007ec256ede06c3a0201
+refs/heads/master: 9cec9d68ae53aae60b4a1fca4505c75a1d026392
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/auditsc.c b/trunk/kernel/auditsc.c
index 4d1bd62b090b..2e481141b014 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/auditsc.c
+++ b/trunk/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)