diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
index 2fd63d6879c5..8fa7533bf106 100644
--- a/kernel/audit.c
+++ b/kernel/audit.c
@@ -882,11 +882,15 @@ static int audit_receive_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
 			int new_pid = s.pid;
 			pid_t requesting_pid = task_tgid_vnr(current);
 
-			if ((!new_pid) && (requesting_pid != audit_pid))
+			if ((!new_pid) && (requesting_pid != audit_pid)) {
+				audit_log_config_change("audit_pid", new_pid, audit_pid, 0);
 				return -EACCES;
+			}
 			if (audit_pid && new_pid &&
-			    audit_replace(requesting_pid) != -ECONNREFUSED)
+			    audit_replace(requesting_pid) != -ECONNREFUSED) {
+				audit_log_config_change("audit_pid", new_pid, audit_pid, 0);
 				return -EEXIST;
+			}
 			if (audit_enabled != AUDIT_OFF)
 				audit_log_config_change("audit_pid", new_pid, audit_pid, 1);
 			audit_pid = new_pid;