diff --git a/kernel/audit_watch.c b/kernel/audit_watch.c
index c17c0c268436..6f249bdf2d84 100644
--- a/kernel/audit_watch.c
+++ b/kernel/audit_watch.c
@@ -238,20 +238,21 @@ static struct audit_watch *audit_dupe_watch(struct audit_watch *old)
 
 static void audit_watch_log_rule_change(struct audit_krule *r, struct audit_watch *w, char *op)
 {
-	if (audit_enabled) {
-		struct audit_buffer *ab;
-		ab = audit_log_start(NULL, GFP_NOFS, AUDIT_CONFIG_CHANGE);
-		if (unlikely(!ab))
-			return;
-		audit_log_format(ab, "auid=%u ses=%u op=%s",
-				 from_kuid(&init_user_ns, audit_get_loginuid(current)),
-				 audit_get_sessionid(current), op);
-		audit_log_format(ab, " path=");
-		audit_log_untrustedstring(ab, w->path);
-		audit_log_key(ab, r->filterkey);
-		audit_log_format(ab, " list=%d res=1", r->listnr);
-		audit_log_end(ab);
-	}
+	struct audit_buffer *ab;
+
+	if (!audit_enabled)
+		return;
+	ab = audit_log_start(NULL, GFP_NOFS, AUDIT_CONFIG_CHANGE);
+	if (!ab)
+		return;
+	audit_log_format(ab, "auid=%u ses=%u op=%s",
+			 from_kuid(&init_user_ns, audit_get_loginuid(current)),
+			 audit_get_sessionid(current), op);
+	audit_log_format(ab, " path=");
+	audit_log_untrustedstring(ab, w->path);
+	audit_log_key(ab, r->filterkey);
+	audit_log_format(ab, " list=%d res=1", r->listnr);
+	audit_log_end(ab);
 }
 
 /* Update inode info in audit rules based on filesystem event. */