diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
index 5b34d3114af4..d301276bca58 100644
--- a/kernel/audit.c
+++ b/kernel/audit.c
@@ -1058,6 +1058,8 @@ static void audit_log_feature_change(int which, u32 old_feature, u32 new_feature
 		return;
 
 	ab = audit_log_start(NULL, GFP_KERNEL, AUDIT_FEATURE_CHANGE);
+	if (!ab)
+		return;
 	audit_log_task_info(ab, current);
 	audit_log_format(ab, " feature=%s old=%u new=%u old_lock=%u new_lock=%u res=%d",
 			 audit_feature_names[which], !!old_feature, !!new_feature,