diff --git a/include/linux/lsm_audit.h b/include/linux/lsm_audit.h
index 9e1ebf5851b8..75368c1aac78 100644
--- a/include/linux/lsm_audit.h
+++ b/include/linux/lsm_audit.h
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ struct common_audit_data {
 #define LSM_AUDIT_DATA_KMOD	8
 #define LSM_AUDIT_DATA_INODE	9
 #define LSM_AUDIT_DATA_DENTRY	10
-	struct task_struct *tsk;
 	union 	{
 		struct path path;
 		struct dentry *dentry;
diff --git a/security/lsm_audit.c b/security/lsm_audit.c
index 90c129b0102f..e796d2517653 100644
--- a/security/lsm_audit.c
+++ b/security/lsm_audit.c
@@ -213,12 +213,8 @@ static void dump_common_audit_data(struct audit_buffer *ab,
 {
 	struct task_struct *tsk = current;
 
-	if (a->tsk)
-		tsk = a->tsk;
-	if (tsk && tsk->pid) {
-		audit_log_format(ab, " pid=%d comm=", tsk->pid);
-		audit_log_untrustedstring(ab, tsk->comm);
-	}
+	audit_log_format(ab, " pid=%d comm=", tsk->pid);
+	audit_log_untrustedstring(ab, tsk->comm);
 
 	switch (a->type) {
 	case LSM_AUDIT_DATA_NONE:
diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
index 9f0384493009..d79762946c6e 100644
--- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
+++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
@@ -1429,7 +1429,6 @@ static int cred_has_capability(const struct cred *cred,
 
 	COMMON_AUDIT_DATA_INIT(&ad, LSM_AUDIT_DATA_CAP);
 	ad.selinux_audit_data = &sad;
-	ad.tsk = current;
 	ad.u.cap = cap;
 
 	switch (CAP_TO_INDEX(cap)) {