diff --git a/security/lsm_audit.c b/security/lsm_audit.c
index 8d8d97dbb389..b0f249d1a1ef 100644
--- a/security/lsm_audit.c
+++ b/security/lsm_audit.c
@@ -396,7 +396,8 @@ void common_lsm_audit(struct common_audit_data *a,
 	if (a == NULL)
 		return;
 	/* we use GFP_ATOMIC so we won't sleep */
-	ab = audit_log_start(current->audit_context, GFP_ATOMIC, AUDIT_AVC);
+	ab = audit_log_start(current->audit_context, GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_NOWARN,
+			     AUDIT_AVC);
 
 	if (ab == NULL)
 		return;