diff --git a/include/linux/audit.h b/include/linux/audit.h
index 37464c592c92..8f92e1dea966 100644
--- a/include/linux/audit.h
+++ b/include/linux/audit.h
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ extern int audit_classify_arch(int arch);
 #define	AUDIT_TYPE_CHILD_DELETE 3	/* a child being deleted */
 #define	AUDIT_TYPE_CHILD_CREATE 4	/* a child being created */
 
+/* maximized args number that audit_socketcall can process */
+#define AUDITSC_ARGS		6
+
 struct filename;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL
@@ -190,7 +193,7 @@ extern void audit_log_task_info(struct audit_buffer *ab, struct task_struct *tsk
 extern void __audit_ipc_obj(struct kern_ipc_perm *ipcp);
 extern void __audit_ipc_set_perm(unsigned long qbytes, uid_t uid, gid_t gid, umode_t mode);
 extern int __audit_bprm(struct linux_binprm *bprm);
-extern void __audit_socketcall(int nargs, unsigned long *args);
+extern int __audit_socketcall(int nargs, unsigned long *args);
 extern int __audit_sockaddr(int len, void *addr);
 extern void __audit_fd_pair(int fd1, int fd2);
 extern void __audit_mq_open(int oflag, umode_t mode, struct mq_attr *attr);
@@ -224,10 +227,11 @@ static inline int audit_bprm(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 		return __audit_bprm(bprm);
 	return 0;
 }
-static inline void audit_socketcall(int nargs, unsigned long *args)
+static inline int audit_socketcall(int nargs, unsigned long *args)
 {
 	if (unlikely(!audit_dummy_context()))
-		__audit_socketcall(nargs, args);
+		return __audit_socketcall(nargs, args);
+	return 0;
 }
 static inline int audit_sockaddr(int len, void *addr)
 {
@@ -354,8 +358,10 @@ static inline int audit_bprm(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
-static inline void audit_socketcall(int nargs, unsigned long *args)
-{ }
+static inline int audit_socketcall(int nargs, unsigned long *args)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
 static inline void audit_fd_pair(int fd1, int fd2)
 { }
 static inline int audit_sockaddr(int len, void *addr)
diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
index b59ffb293ded..d57ad32db367 100644
--- a/kernel/auditsc.c
+++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ struct audit_context {
 	union {
 		struct {
 			int nargs;
-			long args[6];
+			long args[AUDITSC_ARGS];
 		} socketcall;
 		struct {
 			kuid_t			uid;
@@ -2491,17 +2491,20 @@ int __audit_bprm(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 
 /**
  * audit_socketcall - record audit data for sys_socketcall
- * @nargs: number of args
+ * @nargs: number of args, which should not be more than AUDITSC_ARGS.
  * @args: args array
  *
  */
-void __audit_socketcall(int nargs, unsigned long *args)
+int __audit_socketcall(int nargs, unsigned long *args)
 {
 	struct audit_context *context = current->audit_context;
 
+	if (nargs <= 0 || nargs > AUDITSC_ARGS || !args)
+		return -EINVAL;
 	context->type = AUDIT_SOCKETCALL;
 	context->socketcall.nargs = nargs;
 	memcpy(context->socketcall.args, args, nargs * sizeof(unsigned long));
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index 2ca51c719ef9..1bbc37b7a312 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -2436,7 +2436,7 @@ static const unsigned char nargs[21] = {
 
 SYSCALL_DEFINE2(socketcall, int, call, unsigned long __user *, args)
 {
-	unsigned long a[6];
+	unsigned long a[AUDITSC_ARGS];
 	unsigned long a0, a1;
 	int err;
 	unsigned int len;
@@ -2452,7 +2452,9 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(socketcall, int, call, unsigned long __user *, args)
 	if (copy_from_user(a, args, len))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
-	audit_socketcall(nargs[call] / sizeof(unsigned long), a);
+	err = audit_socketcall(nargs[call] / sizeof(unsigned long), a);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
 
 	a0 = a[0];
 	a1 = a[1];