diff --git a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
index 5eae42c8d0d5dcf2a05601f33b794f597cc4594b..f09b8c7cf1e78e93b5b9e31df0185cd562973c8b 100644
--- a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
+++ b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
@@ -1658,6 +1658,9 @@ static int smack_file_receive(struct file *file)
 	struct smk_audit_info ad;
 	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 
+	if (unlikely(IS_PRIVATE(inode)))
+		return 0;
+
 	smk_ad_init(&ad, __func__, LSM_AUDIT_DATA_PATH);
 	smk_ad_setfield_u_fs_path(&ad, file->f_path);
 	/*