diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
index bc534bfb49a4..4e0a4ac803db 100644
--- a/kernel/auditsc.c
+++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
@@ -1511,14 +1511,11 @@ void __audit_syscall_entry(int major, unsigned long a1, unsigned long a2,
 	struct audit_context *context = tsk->audit_context;
 	enum audit_state     state;
 
-	if (!context)
+	if (!audit_enabled || !context)
 		return;
 
 	BUG_ON(context->in_syscall || context->name_count);
 
-	if (!audit_enabled)
-		return;
-
 	state = context->state;
 	if (state == AUDIT_DISABLED)
 		return;