diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
index ce6d8ea3131e78136b3b50803c424c0fffbeb20a..fa3805516dffd546b4d0ebe95f1e44d6c3c1e7b7 100644
--- a/kernel/audit.c
+++ b/kernel/audit.c
@@ -1382,7 +1382,7 @@ void audit_log_n_string(struct audit_buffer *ab, const char *string,
 int audit_string_contains_control(const char *string, size_t len)
 {
 	const unsigned char *p;
-	for (p = string; p < (const unsigned char *)string + len && *p; p++) {
+	for (p = string; p < (const unsigned char *)string + len; p++) {
 		if (*p == '"' || *p < 0x21 || *p > 0x7e)
 			return 1;
 	}