diff --git a/security/selinux/avc.c b/security/selinux/avc.c
index 0fbc3e98c5ea354a08e643283cc8813e7dc4655c..914d0d294fffc35298a5f5d239b13641a11543c3 100644
--- a/security/selinux/avc.c
+++ b/security/selinux/avc.c
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ void avc_audit(u32 ssid, u32 tsid,
 	audit_log_format(ab, " for ");
 	if (a && a->tsk)
 		tsk = a->tsk;
-	if (a->tsk && a->tsk->pid) {
+	if (tsk && tsk->pid) {
 		audit_log_format(ab, " pid=%d comm=", tsk->pid);
 		audit_log_untrustedstring(ab, tsk->comm);
 	}