diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
index c95173a194bf..ce8c957201ef 100644
--- a/kernel/auditsc.c
+++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
@@ -701,7 +701,24 @@ static inline struct audit_context *audit_get_context(struct task_struct *tsk,
 	if (likely(!context))
 		return NULL;
 	context->return_valid = return_valid;
-	context->return_code  = return_code;
+
+	/*
+	 * we need to fix up the return code in the audit logs if the actual
+	 * return codes are later going to be fixed up by the arch specific
+	 * signal handlers
+	 *
+	 * This is actually a test for:
+	 * (rc == ERESTARTSYS ) || (rc == ERESTARTNOINTR) ||
+	 * (rc == ERESTARTNOHAND) || (rc == ERESTART_RESTARTBLOCK)
+	 *
+	 * but is faster than a bunch of ||
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(return_code <= -ERESTARTSYS) &&
+	    (return_code >= -ERESTART_RESTARTBLOCK) &&
+	    (return_code != -ENOIOCTLCMD))
+		context->return_code = -EINTR;
+	else
+		context->return_code  = return_code;
 
 	if (context->in_syscall && !context->dummy && !context->auditable) {
 		enum audit_state state;