diff --git a/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c b/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c
index 10f994307a04..582091498819 100644
--- a/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c
+++ b/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c
@@ -296,6 +296,17 @@ static int evm_protect_xattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *xattr_name,
 		iint = integrity_iint_find(d_backing_inode(dentry));
 		if (iint && (iint->flags & IMA_NEW_FILE))
 			return 0;
+
+		/* exception for pseudo filesystems */
+		if (dentry->d_inode->i_sb->s_magic == TMPFS_MAGIC
+		    || dentry->d_inode->i_sb->s_magic == SYSFS_MAGIC)
+			return 0;
+
+		integrity_audit_msg(AUDIT_INTEGRITY_METADATA,
+				    dentry->d_inode, dentry->d_name.name,
+				    "update_metadata",
+				    integrity_status_msg[evm_status],
+				    -EPERM, 0);
 	}
 out:
 	if (evm_status != INTEGRITY_PASS)