diff --git a/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c b/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c
index 9c6e619f452bc96770a8e340d3879adce6dadd2a..54c7ef4e970e1434cee92cd4ec0b572e94b327ef 100644
--- a/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c
+++ b/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c
@@ -1069,15 +1069,10 @@ static int do_replace_finish(struct net *net, struct ebt_replace *repl,
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_AUDIT
 	if (audit_enabled) {
-		struct audit_buffer *ab;
-
-		ab = audit_log_start(current->audit_context, GFP_KERNEL,
-				     AUDIT_NETFILTER_CFG);
-		if (ab) {
-			audit_log_format(ab, "table=%s family=%u entries=%u",
-					 repl->name, AF_BRIDGE, repl->nentries);
-			audit_log_end(ab);
-		}
+		audit_log(current->audit_context, GFP_KERNEL,
+			  AUDIT_NETFILTER_CFG,
+			  "table=%s family=%u entries=%u",
+			  repl->name, AF_BRIDGE, repl->nentries);
 	}
 #endif
 	return ret;
diff --git a/net/netfilter/x_tables.c b/net/netfilter/x_tables.c
index e1648238a9c99d234d77ab1711d18db9d49926bd..c83a3b5e1c6c2a91b713b6681a794bd79ab3fa08 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/x_tables.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/x_tables.c
@@ -1192,16 +1192,10 @@ xt_replace_table(struct xt_table *table,
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_AUDIT
 	if (audit_enabled) {
-		struct audit_buffer *ab;
-
-		ab = audit_log_start(current->audit_context, GFP_KERNEL,
-				     AUDIT_NETFILTER_CFG);
-		if (ab) {
-			audit_log_format(ab, "table=%s family=%u entries=%u",
-					 table->name, table->af,
-					 private->number);
-			audit_log_end(ab);
-		}
+		audit_log(current->audit_context, GFP_KERNEL,
+			  AUDIT_NETFILTER_CFG,
+			  "table=%s family=%u entries=%u",
+			  table->name, table->af, private->number);
 	}
 #endif