diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index ebdf55d0fd39..f72db4cd9453 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: ffd8d101a3a7d3f2e79deee1e342801703b6dc70
+refs/heads/master: d1c7d97ad58836affde6e39980b96527510b572e
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/audit.c b/trunk/kernel/audit.c
index 4d0ceede3319..40414e9143db 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/audit.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/audit.c
@@ -1440,6 +1440,8 @@ void audit_log_link_denied(const char *operation, struct path *link)
 
 	ab = audit_log_start(current->audit_context, GFP_KERNEL,
 			     AUDIT_ANOM_LINK);
+	if (!ab)
+		return;
 	audit_log_format(ab, "op=%s action=denied", operation);
 	audit_log_format(ab, " pid=%d comm=", current->pid);
 	audit_log_untrustedstring(ab, current->comm);