diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
index 1531efbd11e2..02a5d9eefa82 100644
--- a/kernel/audit.c
+++ b/kernel/audit.c
@@ -676,16 +676,6 @@ static int audit_receive_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	/* As soon as there's any sign of userspace auditd,
-	 * start kauditd to talk to it */
-	if (!kauditd_task)
-		kauditd_task = kthread_run(kauditd_thread, NULL, "kauditd");
-	if (IS_ERR(kauditd_task)) {
-		err = PTR_ERR(kauditd_task);
-		kauditd_task = NULL;
-		return err;
-	}
-
 	loginuid = audit_get_loginuid(current);
 	sessionid = audit_get_sessionid(current);
 	security_task_getsecid(current, &sid);
@@ -974,6 +964,10 @@ static int __init audit_init(void)
 	else
 		audit_sock->sk_sndtimeo = MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT;
 
+	kauditd_task = kthread_run(kauditd_thread, NULL, "kauditd");
+	if (IS_ERR(kauditd_task))
+		return PTR_ERR(kauditd_task);
+
 	skb_queue_head_init(&audit_skb_queue);
 	skb_queue_head_init(&audit_skb_hold_queue);
 	audit_initialized = AUDIT_INITIALIZED;