diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
index 21c7fa615bd3107b0c28a4da499ea3ee7361d695..91e53d04b6a9e8841e697dcb290f1206468da21a 100644
--- a/kernel/audit.c
+++ b/kernel/audit.c
@@ -1056,7 +1056,7 @@ static inline void audit_get_stamp(struct audit_context *ctx,
 static void wait_for_auditd(unsigned long sleep_time)
 {
 	DECLARE_WAITQUEUE(wait, current);
-	set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
+	set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
 	add_wait_queue(&audit_backlog_wait, &wait);
 
 	if (audit_backlog_limit &&