diff --git a/security/selinux/avc.c b/security/selinux/avc.c
index 5de18a6d5c3f0..0622cae510461 100644
--- a/security/selinux/avc.c
+++ b/security/selinux/avc.c
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ static inline int avc_xperms_audit(struct selinux_state *state,
 	if (likely(!audited))
 		return 0;
 	return slow_avc_audit(state, ssid, tsid, tclass, requested,
-			audited, denied, result, ad, 0);
+			audited, denied, result, ad);
 }
 
 static void avc_node_free(struct rcu_head *rhead)
@@ -766,8 +766,7 @@ static void avc_audit_post_callback(struct audit_buffer *ab, void *a)
 noinline int slow_avc_audit(struct selinux_state *state,
 			    u32 ssid, u32 tsid, u16 tclass,
 			    u32 requested, u32 audited, u32 denied, int result,
-			    struct common_audit_data *a,
-			    unsigned int flags)
+			    struct common_audit_data *a)
 {
 	struct common_audit_data stack_data;
 	struct selinux_audit_data sad;
@@ -777,17 +776,6 @@ noinline int slow_avc_audit(struct selinux_state *state,
 		a->type = LSM_AUDIT_DATA_NONE;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * When in a RCU walk do the audit on the RCU retry.  This is because
-	 * the collection of the dname in an inode audit message is not RCU
-	 * safe.  Note this may drop some audits when the situation changes
-	 * during retry. However this is logically just as if the operation
-	 * happened a little later.
-	 */
-	if ((a->type == LSM_AUDIT_DATA_INODE) &&
-	    (flags & MAY_NOT_BLOCK))
-		return -ECHILD;
-
 	sad.tclass = tclass;
 	sad.requested = requested;
 	sad.ssid = ssid;
@@ -860,16 +848,14 @@ static int avc_update_node(struct selinux_avc *avc,
 	/*
 	 * If we are in a non-blocking code path, e.g. VFS RCU walk,
 	 * then we must not add permissions to a cache entry
-	 * because we cannot safely audit the denial.  Otherwise,
+	 * because we will not audit the denial.  Otherwise,
 	 * during the subsequent blocking retry (e.g. VFS ref walk), we
 	 * will find the permissions already granted in the cache entry
 	 * and won't audit anything at all, leading to silent denials in
 	 * permissive mode that only appear when in enforcing mode.
 	 *
-	 * See the corresponding handling in slow_avc_audit(), and the
-	 * logic in selinux_inode_follow_link and selinux_inode_permission
-	 * for the VFS MAY_NOT_BLOCK flag, which is transliterated into
-	 * AVC_NONBLOCKING for avc_has_perm_noaudit().
+	 * See the corresponding handling of MAY_NOT_BLOCK in avc_audit()
+	 * and selinux_inode_permission().
 	 */
 	if (flags & AVC_NONBLOCKING)
 		return 0;
diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
index 040c843968dc6..c574285966f9d 100644
--- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
+++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
@@ -3171,8 +3171,7 @@ static int selinux_inode_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
 
 static noinline int audit_inode_permission(struct inode *inode,
 					   u32 perms, u32 audited, u32 denied,
-					   int result,
-					   unsigned flags)
+					   int result)
 {
 	struct common_audit_data ad;
 	struct inode_security_struct *isec = inode->i_security;
@@ -3183,7 +3182,7 @@ static noinline int audit_inode_permission(struct inode *inode,
 
 	rc = slow_avc_audit(&selinux_state,
 			    current_sid(), isec->sid, isec->sclass, perms,
-			    audited, denied, result, &ad, flags);
+			    audited, denied, result, &ad);
 	if (rc)
 		return rc;
 	return 0;
@@ -3230,7 +3229,11 @@ static int selinux_inode_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 	if (likely(!audited))
 		return rc;
 
-	rc2 = audit_inode_permission(inode, perms, audited, denied, rc, flags);
+	/* fall back to ref-walk if we have to generate audit */
+	if (flags & MAY_NOT_BLOCK)
+		return -ECHILD;
+
+	rc2 = audit_inode_permission(inode, perms, audited, denied, rc);
 	if (rc2)
 		return rc2;
 	return rc;
diff --git a/security/selinux/include/avc.h b/security/selinux/include/avc.h
index 74ea50977c201..cf4cc3ef959b5 100644
--- a/security/selinux/include/avc.h
+++ b/security/selinux/include/avc.h
@@ -100,8 +100,7 @@ static inline u32 avc_audit_required(u32 requested,
 int slow_avc_audit(struct selinux_state *state,
 		   u32 ssid, u32 tsid, u16 tclass,
 		   u32 requested, u32 audited, u32 denied, int result,
-		   struct common_audit_data *a,
-		   unsigned flags);
+		   struct common_audit_data *a);
 
 /**
  * avc_audit - Audit the granting or denial of permissions.
@@ -135,9 +134,12 @@ static inline int avc_audit(struct selinux_state *state,
 	audited = avc_audit_required(requested, avd, result, 0, &denied);
 	if (likely(!audited))
 		return 0;
+	/* fall back to ref-walk if we have to generate audit */
+	if (flags & MAY_NOT_BLOCK)
+		return -ECHILD;
 	return slow_avc_audit(state, ssid, tsid, tclass,
 			      requested, audited, denied, result,
-			      a, flags);
+			      a);
 }
 
 #define AVC_STRICT 1 /* Ignore permissive mode. */
