diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
index 9ddfe2aa6671ff3d6558ee86c97cb64c5a9b3189..b69c8b460341f5698ec518d8539df7f0904d22c6 100644
--- a/kernel/audit.c
+++ b/kernel/audit.c
@@ -1800,6 +1800,7 @@ struct audit_buffer *audit_log_start(struct audit_context *ctx, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 	}
 
 	audit_get_stamp(ab->ctx, &t, &serial);
+	audit_clear_dummy(ab->ctx);
 	audit_log_format(ab, "audit(%llu.%03lu:%u): ",
 			 (unsigned long long)t.tv_sec, t.tv_nsec/1000000, serial);
 
diff --git a/kernel/audit.h b/kernel/audit.h
index 6fb7160412d4ff813293ced0221ce8748081c242..2eed4d2316246fb29911e6319674d19514da924f 100644
--- a/kernel/audit.h
+++ b/kernel/audit.h
@@ -290,6 +290,13 @@ extern int audit_signal_info_syscall(struct task_struct *t);
 extern void audit_filter_inodes(struct task_struct *tsk,
 				struct audit_context *ctx);
 extern struct list_head *audit_killed_trees(void);
+
+static inline void audit_clear_dummy(struct audit_context *ctx)
+{
+	if (ctx)
+		ctx->dummy = 0;
+}
+
 #else /* CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL */
 #define auditsc_get_stamp(c, t, s) 0
 #define audit_put_watch(w) {}
@@ -323,6 +330,7 @@ static inline int audit_signal_info_syscall(struct task_struct *t)
 }
 
 #define audit_filter_inodes(t, c) AUDIT_DISABLED
+#define audit_clear_dummy(c) {}
 #endif /* CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL */
 
 extern char *audit_unpack_string(void **bufp, size_t *remain, size_t len);
diff --git a/kernel/audit_watch.c b/kernel/audit_watch.c
index 4508d5e0cf6966b89ac1f59bd3348b93c833e757..8a8fd732ff6d09fd6ae19f344cbe5848e40ec446 100644
--- a/kernel/audit_watch.c
+++ b/kernel/audit_watch.c
@@ -302,8 +302,6 @@ static void audit_update_watch(struct audit_parent *parent,
 			if (oentry->rule.exe)
 				audit_remove_mark(oentry->rule.exe);
 
-			audit_watch_log_rule_change(r, owatch, "updated_rules");
-
 			call_rcu(&oentry->rcu, audit_free_rule_rcu);
 		}
 
diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
index 4effe01ebbe2b3ad1e0d5cf566909db533dcb610..814406a35db163080bbf937524d63690861ff750 100644
--- a/kernel/auditsc.c
+++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
@@ -1406,9 +1406,6 @@ static void audit_log_proctitle(void)
 	struct audit_context *context = audit_context();
 	struct audit_buffer *ab;
 
-	if (!context || context->dummy)
-		return;
-
 	ab = audit_log_start(context, GFP_KERNEL, AUDIT_PROCTITLE);
 	if (!ab)
 		return;	/* audit_panic or being filtered */