diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 7720fbd5277bb8830a336cb08dc39fd0634c199f..df9946e83db44caab4126059c679d2dad8434f44 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -2262,6 +2262,7 @@ static int may_delete(struct inode *dir,struct dentry *victim,int isdir)
  */
 static inline int may_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *child)
 {
+	audit_inode_child(dir, child, AUDIT_TYPE_CHILD_CREATE);
 	if (child->d_inode)
 		return -EEXIST;
 	if (IS_DEADDIR(dir))