diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
index a169225869cc..db7d34a89d2e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
@@ -53,6 +53,12 @@
 #include <asm/paravirt.h>
 #include <asm/ftrace.h>
 
+/* Avoid __ASSEMBLER__'ifying <linux/audit.h> just for this.  */
+#include <linux/elf-em.h>
+#define AUDIT_ARCH_X86_64	(EM_X86_64|__AUDIT_ARCH_64BIT|__AUDIT_ARCH_LE)
+#define __AUDIT_ARCH_64BIT 0x80000000
+#define __AUDIT_ARCH_LE	   0x40000000
+
 	.code64
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE
@@ -351,6 +357,7 @@ ENTRY(system_call_after_swapgs)
 	GET_THREAD_INFO(%rcx)
 	testl $_TIF_WORK_SYSCALL_ENTRY,TI_flags(%rcx)
 	jnz tracesys
+system_call_fastpath:
 	cmpq $__NR_syscall_max,%rax
 	ja badsys
 	movq %r10,%rcx
@@ -402,6 +409,10 @@ sysret_careful:
 sysret_signal:
 	TRACE_IRQS_ON
 	ENABLE_INTERRUPTS(CLBR_NONE)
+#ifdef CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL
+	bt $TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT,%edx
+	jc sysret_audit
+#endif
 	/* edx:	work flags (arg3) */
 	leaq do_notify_resume(%rip),%rax
 	leaq -ARGOFFSET(%rsp),%rdi # &pt_regs -> arg1
@@ -418,8 +429,45 @@ badsys:
 	movq $-ENOSYS,RAX-ARGOFFSET(%rsp)
 	jmp ret_from_sys_call
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL
+	/*
+	 * Fast path for syscall audit without full syscall trace.
+	 * We just call audit_syscall_entry() directly, and then
+	 * jump back to the normal fast path.
+	 */
+auditsys:
+	movq %r10,%r9			/* 6th arg: 4th syscall arg */
+	movq %rdx,%r8			/* 5th arg: 3rd syscall arg */
+	movq %rsi,%rcx			/* 4th arg: 2nd syscall arg */
+	movq %rdi,%rdx			/* 3rd arg: 1st syscall arg */
+	movq %rax,%rsi			/* 2nd arg: syscall number */
+	movl $AUDIT_ARCH_X86_64,%edi	/* 1st arg: audit arch */
+	call audit_syscall_entry
+	LOAD_ARGS 0		/* reload call-clobbered registers */
+	jmp system_call_fastpath
+
+	/*
+	 * Return fast path for syscall audit.  Call audit_syscall_exit()
+	 * directly and then jump back to the fast path with TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT
+	 * masked off.
+	 */
+sysret_audit:
+	movq %rax,%rsi		/* second arg, syscall return value */
+	cmpq $0,%rax		/* is it < 0? */
+	setl %al		/* 1 if so, 0 if not */
+	movzbl %al,%edi		/* zero-extend that into %edi */
+	inc %edi /* first arg, 0->1(AUDITSC_SUCCESS), 1->2(AUDITSC_FAILURE) */
+	call audit_syscall_exit
+	movl $(_TIF_ALLWORK_MASK & ~_TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT),%edi
+	jmp sysret_check
+#endif	/* CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL */
+
 	/* Do syscall tracing */
 tracesys:			 
+#ifdef CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL
+	testl $(_TIF_WORK_SYSCALL_ENTRY & ~_TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT),TI_flags(%rcx)
+	jz auditsys
+#endif
 	SAVE_REST
 	movq $-ENOSYS,RAX(%rsp) /* ptrace can change this for a bad syscall */
 	FIXUP_TOP_OF_STACK %rdi
diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
index c10e7aae04d7..4699950e65bd 100644
--- a/kernel/auditsc.c
+++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
@@ -1476,7 +1476,8 @@ void audit_syscall_entry(int arch, int major,
 	struct audit_context *context = tsk->audit_context;
 	enum audit_state     state;
 
-	BUG_ON(!context);
+	if (unlikely(!context))
+		return;
 
 	/*
 	 * This happens only on certain architectures that make system