diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
index 71e14d836e69..33dafa70229d 100644
--- a/kernel/auditsc.c
+++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
@@ -1985,14 +1985,15 @@ static void audit_log_set_loginuid(kuid_t koldloginuid, kuid_t kloginuid,
 	if (!audit_enabled)
 		return;
 
+	ab = audit_log_start(NULL, GFP_KERNEL, AUDIT_LOGIN);
+	if (!ab)
+		return;
+
 	uid = from_kuid(&init_user_ns, task_uid(current));
 	oldloginuid = from_kuid(&init_user_ns, koldloginuid);
 	loginuid = from_kuid(&init_user_ns, kloginuid),
 	tty = audit_get_tty(current);
 
-	ab = audit_log_start(NULL, GFP_KERNEL, AUDIT_LOGIN);
-	if (!ab)
-		return;
 	audit_log_format(ab, "pid=%d uid=%u", task_pid_nr(current), uid);
 	audit_log_task_context(ab);
 	audit_log_format(ab, " old-auid=%u auid=%u tty=%s old-ses=%u ses=%u res=%d",