diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c
index 1659abb344f9..f45768469003 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ static void ima_log_string_op(struct audit_buffer *ab, char *key, char *value,
 		audit_log_format(ab, "%s<", key);
 	else
 		audit_log_format(ab, "%s=", key);
-	audit_log_untrustedstring(ab, value);
+	audit_log_string(ab, value);
 	audit_log_format(ab, " ");
 }
 static void ima_log_string(struct audit_buffer *ab, char *key, char *value)