diff --git a/include/linux/audit.h b/include/linux/audit.h
index b7707e577b8041a314a68466fd1f1dfa9fb2fbf3..8101d2c4a995790c6bc2979775e4586a9399a007 100644
--- a/include/linux/audit.h
+++ b/include/linux/audit.h
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ extern int audit_set_macxattr(const char *name);
 extern int __audit_mq_open(int oflag, mode_t mode, struct mq_attr __user *u_attr);
 extern int __audit_mq_timedsend(mqd_t mqdes, size_t msg_len, unsigned int msg_prio, const struct timespec __user *u_abs_timeout);
 extern int __audit_mq_timedreceive(mqd_t mqdes, size_t msg_len, unsigned int __user *u_msg_prio, const struct timespec __user *u_abs_timeout);
-extern int __audit_mq_notify(mqd_t mqdes, const struct sigevent __user *u_notification);
+extern void __audit_mq_notify(mqd_t mqdes, const struct sigevent *notification);
 extern void __audit_mq_getsetattr(mqd_t mqdes, struct mq_attr *mqstat);
 extern int __audit_log_bprm_fcaps(struct linux_binprm *bprm,
 				  const struct cred *new,
@@ -494,11 +494,10 @@ static inline int audit_mq_timedreceive(mqd_t mqdes, size_t msg_len, unsigned in
 		return __audit_mq_timedreceive(mqdes, msg_len, u_msg_prio, u_abs_timeout);
 	return 0;
 }
-static inline int audit_mq_notify(mqd_t mqdes, const struct sigevent __user *u_notification)
+static inline void audit_mq_notify(mqd_t mqdes, const struct sigevent *notification)
 {
 	if (unlikely(!audit_dummy_context()))
-		return __audit_mq_notify(mqdes, u_notification);
-	return 0;
+		__audit_mq_notify(mqdes, notification);
 }
 static inline void audit_mq_getsetattr(mqd_t mqdes, struct mq_attr *mqstat)
 {
@@ -553,7 +552,7 @@ extern int audit_signals;
 #define audit_mq_open(o,m,a) ({ 0; })
 #define audit_mq_timedsend(d,l,p,t) ({ 0; })
 #define audit_mq_timedreceive(d,l,p,t) ({ 0; })
-#define audit_mq_notify(d,n) ({ 0; })
+#define audit_mq_notify(d,n) ((void)0)
 #define audit_mq_getsetattr(d,s) ((void)0)
 #define audit_log_bprm_fcaps(b, ncr, ocr) ({ 0; })
 #define audit_log_capset(pid, ncr, ocr) ({ 0; })
diff --git a/ipc/mqueue.c b/ipc/mqueue.c
index 7563611c6615435e8a05ecb0758335c4d3fc0d54..e7b2f68f8d77ca4d92a0931c51ce9dcd1fb21992 100644
--- a/ipc/mqueue.c
+++ b/ipc/mqueue.c
@@ -1003,17 +1003,17 @@ asmlinkage long sys_mq_notify(mqd_t mqdes,
 	struct mqueue_inode_info *info;
 	struct sk_buff *nc;
 
-	ret = audit_mq_notify(mqdes, u_notification);
-	if (ret != 0)
-		return ret;
-
-	nc = NULL;
-	sock = NULL;
-	if (u_notification != NULL) {
+	if (u_notification) {
 		if (copy_from_user(&notification, u_notification,
 					sizeof(struct sigevent)))
 			return -EFAULT;
+	}
+
+	audit_mq_notify(mqdes, u_notification ? &notification : NULL);
 
+	nc = NULL;
+	sock = NULL;
+	if (u_notification != NULL) {
 		if (unlikely(notification.sigev_notify != SIGEV_NONE &&
 			     notification.sigev_notify != SIGEV_SIGNAL &&
 			     notification.sigev_notify != SIGEV_THREAD))
diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
index c50178c7e2455cbcdca92825cd034e7446ceeeac..3ece960de894ce2d512f1b615b26045d43b74adf 100644
--- a/kernel/auditsc.c
+++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
@@ -139,12 +139,6 @@ struct audit_aux_data_mq_sendrecv {
 	struct timespec		abs_timeout;
 };
 
-struct audit_aux_data_mq_notify {
-	struct audit_aux_data	d;
-	mqd_t			mqdes;
-	struct sigevent 	notification;
-};
-
 struct audit_aux_data_execve {
 	struct audit_aux_data	d;
 	int argc;
@@ -246,6 +240,10 @@ struct audit_context {
 			mqd_t			mqdes;
 			struct mq_attr 		mqstat;
 		} mq_getsetattr;
+		struct {
+			mqd_t			mqdes;
+			int			sigev_signo;
+		} mq_notify;
 	};
 
 #if AUDIT_DEBUG
@@ -1267,6 +1265,11 @@ static void show_special(struct audit_context *context, int *call_panic)
 				return;
 		}
 		break; }
+	case AUDIT_MQ_NOTIFY: {
+		audit_log_format(ab, "mqdes=%d sigev_signo=%d",
+				context->mq_notify.mqdes,
+				context->mq_notify.sigev_signo);
+		break; }
 	case AUDIT_MQ_GETSETATTR: {
 		struct mq_attr *attr = &context->mq_getsetattr.mqstat;
 		audit_log_format(ab,
@@ -1376,14 +1379,6 @@ static void audit_log_exit(struct audit_context *context, struct task_struct *ts
 				axi->abs_timeout.tv_sec, axi->abs_timeout.tv_nsec);
 			break; }
 
-		case AUDIT_MQ_NOTIFY: {
-			struct audit_aux_data_mq_notify *axi = (void *)aux;
-			audit_log_format(ab,
-				"mqdes=%d sigev_signo=%d",
-				axi->mqdes,
-				axi->notification.sigev_signo);
-			break; }
-
 		case AUDIT_EXECVE: {
 			struct audit_aux_data_execve *axi = (void *)aux;
 			audit_log_execve_info(context, &ab, axi);
@@ -2274,38 +2269,19 @@ int __audit_mq_timedreceive(mqd_t mqdes, size_t msg_len,
  * @mqdes: MQ descriptor
  * @u_notification: Notification event
  *
- * Returns 0 for success or NULL context or < 0 on error.
  */
 
-int __audit_mq_notify(mqd_t mqdes, const struct sigevent __user *u_notification)
+void __audit_mq_notify(mqd_t mqdes, const struct sigevent *notification)
 {
-	struct audit_aux_data_mq_notify *ax;
 	struct audit_context *context = current->audit_context;
 
-	if (!audit_enabled)
-		return 0;
-
-	if (likely(!context))
-		return 0;
-
-	ax = kmalloc(sizeof(*ax), GFP_ATOMIC);
-	if (!ax)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	if (u_notification != NULL) {
-		if (copy_from_user(&ax->notification, u_notification, sizeof(ax->notification))) {
-			kfree(ax);
-			return -EFAULT;
-		}
-	} else
-		memset(&ax->notification, 0, sizeof(ax->notification));
-
-	ax->mqdes = mqdes;
+	if (notification)
+		context->mq_notify.sigev_signo = notification->sigev_signo;
+	else
+		context->mq_notify.sigev_signo = 0;
 
-	ax->d.type = AUDIT_MQ_NOTIFY;
-	ax->d.next = context->aux;
-	context->aux = (void *)ax;
-	return 0;
+	context->mq_notify.mqdes = mqdes;
+	context->type = AUDIT_MQ_NOTIFY;
 }
 
 /**