diff --git a/include/linux/audit.h b/include/linux/audit.h
index 20eba1e..476bc12 100644
--- a/include/linux/audit.h
+++ b/include/linux/audit.h
@@ -113,6 +113,107 @@
 
 extern void audit_log_session_info(struct audit_buffer *ab);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_AUDIT
+/* These are defined in audit.c */
+				/* Public API */
+extern __printf(4, 5)
+void audit_log(struct audit_context *ctx, gfp_t gfp_mask, int type,
+	       const char *fmt, ...);
+
+extern struct audit_buffer *audit_log_start(struct audit_context *ctx, gfp_t gfp_mask, int type);
+extern __printf(2, 3)
+void audit_log_format(struct audit_buffer *ab, const char *fmt, ...);
+extern void		    audit_log_end(struct audit_buffer *ab);
+extern bool		    audit_string_contains_control(const char *string,
+							  size_t len);
+extern void		    audit_log_n_hex(struct audit_buffer *ab,
+					  const unsigned char *buf,
+					  size_t len);
+extern void		    audit_log_n_string(struct audit_buffer *ab,
+					       const char *buf,
+					       size_t n);
+extern void		    audit_log_n_untrustedstring(struct audit_buffer *ab,
+							const char *string,
+							size_t n);
+extern void		    audit_log_untrustedstring(struct audit_buffer *ab,
+						      const char *string);
+extern void		    audit_log_d_path(struct audit_buffer *ab,
+					     const char *prefix,
+					     const struct path *path);
+extern void		    audit_log_key(struct audit_buffer *ab,
+					  char *key);
+extern void		    audit_log_link_denied(const char *operation,
+						  struct path *link);
+extern void		    audit_log_lost(const char *message);
+#ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY
+extern void 		    audit_log_secctx(struct audit_buffer *ab, u32 secid);
+#else
+static inline void	    audit_log_secctx(struct audit_buffer *ab, u32 secid)
+{ }
+#endif
+
+extern int audit_log_task_context(struct audit_buffer *ab);
+extern void audit_log_task_info(struct audit_buffer *ab,
+				struct task_struct *tsk);
+
+extern int		    audit_update_lsm_rules(void);
+
+				/* Private API (for audit.c only) */
+extern int audit_filter_user(int type);
+extern int audit_filter_type(int type);
+extern int audit_rule_change(int type, __u32 portid, int seq,
+				void *data, size_t datasz);
+extern int audit_list_rules_send(struct sk_buff *request_skb, int seq);
+
+extern u32 audit_enabled;
+#else /* CONFIG_AUDIT */
+static inline __printf(4, 5)
+void audit_log(struct audit_context *ctx, gfp_t gfp_mask, int type,
+	       const char *fmt, ...)
+{ }
+static inline struct audit_buffer *audit_log_start(struct audit_context *ctx,
+						   gfp_t gfp_mask, int type)
+{
+	return NULL;
+}
+static inline __printf(2, 3)
+void audit_log_format(struct audit_buffer *ab, const char *fmt, ...)
+{ }
+static inline void audit_log_end(struct audit_buffer *ab)
+{ }
+static inline void audit_log_n_hex(struct audit_buffer *ab,
+				   const unsigned char *buf, size_t len)
+{ }
+static inline void audit_log_n_string(struct audit_buffer *ab,
+				      const char *buf, size_t n)
+{ }
+static inline void  audit_log_n_untrustedstring(struct audit_buffer *ab,
+						const char *string, size_t n)
+{ }
+static inline void audit_log_untrustedstring(struct audit_buffer *ab,
+					     const char *string)
+{ }
+static inline void audit_log_d_path(struct audit_buffer *ab,
+				    const char *prefix,
+				    const struct path *path)
+{ }
+static inline void audit_log_key(struct audit_buffer *ab, char *key)
+{ }
+static inline void audit_log_link_denied(const char *string,
+					 const struct path *link)
+{ }
+static inline void audit_log_secctx(struct audit_buffer *ab, u32 secid)
+{ }
+static inline int audit_log_task_context(struct audit_buffer *ab)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+static inline void audit_log_task_info(struct audit_buffer *ab,
+				       struct task_struct *tsk)
+{ }
+#define audit_enabled 0
+#endif /* CONFIG_AUDIT */
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_AUDIT_COMPAT_GENERIC
 #define audit_is_compat(arch)  (!((arch) & __AUDIT_ARCH_64BIT))
 #else
@@ -212,6 +313,9 @@
 
 static inline void audit_seccomp(unsigned long syscall, long signr, int code)
 {
+	if (!audit_enabled)
+		return;
+
 	/* Force a record to be reported if a signal was delivered. */
 	if (signr || unlikely(!audit_dummy_context()))
 		__audit_seccomp(syscall, signr, code);
@@ -446,106 +550,6 @@
 	return uid_valid(audit_get_loginuid(tsk));
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_AUDIT
-/* These are defined in audit.c */
-				/* Public API */
-extern __printf(4, 5)
-void audit_log(struct audit_context *ctx, gfp_t gfp_mask, int type,
-	       const char *fmt, ...);
-
-extern struct audit_buffer *audit_log_start(struct audit_context *ctx, gfp_t gfp_mask, int type);
-extern __printf(2, 3)
-void audit_log_format(struct audit_buffer *ab, const char *fmt, ...);
-extern void		    audit_log_end(struct audit_buffer *ab);
-extern bool		    audit_string_contains_control(const char *string,
-							  size_t len);
-extern void		    audit_log_n_hex(struct audit_buffer *ab,
-					  const unsigned char *buf,
-					  size_t len);
-extern void		    audit_log_n_string(struct audit_buffer *ab,
-					       const char *buf,
-					       size_t n);
-extern void		    audit_log_n_untrustedstring(struct audit_buffer *ab,
-							const char *string,
-							size_t n);
-extern void		    audit_log_untrustedstring(struct audit_buffer *ab,
-						      const char *string);
-extern void		    audit_log_d_path(struct audit_buffer *ab,
-					     const char *prefix,
-					     const struct path *path);
-extern void		    audit_log_key(struct audit_buffer *ab,
-					  char *key);
-extern void		    audit_log_link_denied(const char *operation,
-						  struct path *link);
-extern void		    audit_log_lost(const char *message);
-#ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY
-extern void 		    audit_log_secctx(struct audit_buffer *ab, u32 secid);
-#else
-static inline void	    audit_log_secctx(struct audit_buffer *ab, u32 secid)
-{ }
-#endif
-
-extern int audit_log_task_context(struct audit_buffer *ab);
-extern void audit_log_task_info(struct audit_buffer *ab,
-				struct task_struct *tsk);
-
-extern int		    audit_update_lsm_rules(void);
-
-				/* Private API (for audit.c only) */
-extern int audit_filter_user(int type);
-extern int audit_filter_type(int type);
-extern int audit_rule_change(int type, __u32 portid, int seq,
-				void *data, size_t datasz);
-extern int audit_list_rules_send(struct sk_buff *request_skb, int seq);
-
-extern u32 audit_enabled;
-#else /* CONFIG_AUDIT */
-static inline __printf(4, 5)
-void audit_log(struct audit_context *ctx, gfp_t gfp_mask, int type,
-	       const char *fmt, ...)
-{ }
-static inline struct audit_buffer *audit_log_start(struct audit_context *ctx,
-						   gfp_t gfp_mask, int type)
-{
-	return NULL;
-}
-static inline __printf(2, 3)
-void audit_log_format(struct audit_buffer *ab, const char *fmt, ...)
-{ }
-static inline void audit_log_end(struct audit_buffer *ab)
-{ }
-static inline void audit_log_n_hex(struct audit_buffer *ab,
-				   const unsigned char *buf, size_t len)
-{ }
-static inline void audit_log_n_string(struct audit_buffer *ab,
-				      const char *buf, size_t n)
-{ }
-static inline void  audit_log_n_untrustedstring(struct audit_buffer *ab,
-						const char *string, size_t n)
-{ }
-static inline void audit_log_untrustedstring(struct audit_buffer *ab,
-					     const char *string)
-{ }
-static inline void audit_log_d_path(struct audit_buffer *ab,
-				    const char *prefix,
-				    const struct path *path)
-{ }
-static inline void audit_log_key(struct audit_buffer *ab, char *key)
-{ }
-static inline void audit_log_link_denied(const char *string,
-					 const struct path *link)
-{ }
-static inline void audit_log_secctx(struct audit_buffer *ab, u32 secid)
-{ }
-static inline int audit_log_task_context(struct audit_buffer *ab)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-static inline void audit_log_task_info(struct audit_buffer *ab,
-				       struct task_struct *tsk)
-{ }
-#define audit_enabled 0
-#endif /* CONFIG_AUDIT */
 static inline void audit_log_string(struct audit_buffer *ab, const char *buf)
 {
 	audit_log_n_string(ab, buf, strlen(buf));
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 4644217..5b86082 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -299,20 +299,15 @@
 	help
 	  Enable auditing infrastructure that can be used with another
 	  kernel subsystem, such as SELinux (which requires this for
-	  logging of avc messages output).  Does not do system-call
-	  auditing without CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL.
+	  logging of avc messages output).  System call auditing is included
+	  on architectures which support it.
 
 config HAVE_ARCH_AUDITSYSCALL
 	bool
 
 config AUDITSYSCALL
-	bool "Enable system-call auditing support"
+	def_bool y
 	depends on AUDIT && HAVE_ARCH_AUDITSYSCALL
-	default y if SECURITY_SELINUX
-	help
-	  Enable low-overhead system-call auditing infrastructure that
-	  can be used independently or with another kernel subsystem,
-	  such as SELinux.
 
 config AUDIT_WATCH
 	def_bool y
diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
index 5ffcbd3..d6dd95c 100644
--- a/kernel/audit.c
+++ b/kernel/audit.c
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@
 #define AUDIT_BACKLOG_WAIT_TIME (60 * HZ)
 static u32	audit_backlog_wait_time_master = AUDIT_BACKLOG_WAIT_TIME;
 static u32	audit_backlog_wait_time = AUDIT_BACKLOG_WAIT_TIME;
-static u32	audit_backlog_wait_overflow = 0;
 
 /* The identity of the user shutting down the audit system. */
 kuid_t		audit_sig_uid = INVALID_UID;
@@ -509,8 +508,7 @@
 	 * if auditd just disappeared but we
 	 * dequeued an skb we need to drop ref
 	 */
-	if (skb)
-		consume_skb(skb);
+	consume_skb(skb);
 }
 
 static int kauditd_thread(void *dummy)
@@ -524,7 +522,8 @@
 		skb = skb_dequeue(&audit_skb_queue);
 
 		if (skb) {
-			if (skb_queue_len(&audit_skb_queue) <= audit_backlog_limit)
+			if (!audit_backlog_limit ||
+			    (skb_queue_len(&audit_skb_queue) <= audit_backlog_limit))
 				wake_up(&audit_backlog_wait);
 			if (audit_pid)
 				kauditd_send_skb(skb);
@@ -1232,9 +1231,7 @@
 	if (!ab)
 		return;
 
-	if (ab->skb)
-		kfree_skb(ab->skb);
-
+	kfree_skb(ab->skb);
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&audit_freelist_lock, flags);
 	if (audit_freelist_count > AUDIT_MAXFREE)
 		kfree(ab);
@@ -1372,7 +1369,7 @@
 		return NULL;
 
 	if (gfp_mask & __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM) {
-		if (audit_pid && audit_pid == current->pid)
+		if (audit_pid && audit_pid == current->tgid)
 			gfp_mask &= ~__GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM;
 		else
 			reserve = 0;
@@ -1395,12 +1392,12 @@
 				skb_queue_len(&audit_skb_queue),
 				audit_backlog_limit);
 		audit_log_lost("backlog limit exceeded");
-		audit_backlog_wait_time = audit_backlog_wait_overflow;
+		audit_backlog_wait_time = 0;
 		wake_up(&audit_backlog_wait);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	if (!reserve)
+	if (!reserve && !audit_backlog_wait_time)
 		audit_backlog_wait_time = audit_backlog_wait_time_master;
 
 	ab = audit_buffer_alloc(ctx, gfp_mask, type);