diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
index 21e50e6d0fc0..d77c9805c6b1 100644
--- a/kernel/auditsc.c
+++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
@@ -2068,7 +2068,7 @@ void __audit_syscall_exit(int success, long return_code)
 	/* run through both filters to ensure we set the filterkey properly */
 	audit_filter_syscall(current, context);
 	audit_filter_inodes(current, context);
-	if (context->current_state < AUDIT_STATE_RECORD)
+	if (context->current_state != AUDIT_STATE_RECORD)
 		goto out;
 
 	audit_return_fixup(context, success, return_code);