diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
index dcc657d35776..feaa4e2271d7 100644
--- a/kernel/audit.c
+++ b/kernel/audit.c
@@ -950,7 +950,7 @@ static int kauditd_thread(void *dummy)
 		 *       do the multicast send and rotate records from the
 		 *       main queue to the retry/hold queues */
 		wait_event_freezable(kauditd_wait,
-				     (skb_queue_len(&audit_queue) ? 1 : 0));
+				(skb_queue_len_lockless(&audit_queue) ? 1 : 0));
 	}
 
 	return 0;
@@ -1283,7 +1283,7 @@ static int audit_receive_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 		s.rate_limit		   = audit_rate_limit;
 		s.backlog_limit		   = audit_backlog_limit;
 		s.lost			   = atomic_read(&audit_lost);
-		s.backlog		   = skb_queue_len(&audit_queue);
+		s.backlog		   = skb_queue_len_lockless(&audit_queue);
 		s.feature_bitmap	   = AUDIT_FEATURE_BITMAP_ALL;
 		s.backlog_wait_time	   = audit_backlog_wait_time;
 		s.backlog_wait_time_actual = atomic_read(&audit_backlog_wait_time_actual);
@@ -1627,7 +1627,7 @@ static void audit_receive(struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 	/* can't block with the ctrl lock, so penalize the sender now */
 	if (audit_backlog_limit &&
-	    (skb_queue_len(&audit_queue) > audit_backlog_limit)) {
+	    (skb_queue_len_lockless(&audit_queue) > audit_backlog_limit)) {
 		DECLARE_WAITQUEUE(wait, current);
 
 		/* wake kauditd to try and flush the queue */
@@ -1933,7 +1933,7 @@ struct audit_buffer *audit_log_start(struct audit_context *ctx, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 		long stime = audit_backlog_wait_time;
 
 		while (audit_backlog_limit &&
-		       (skb_queue_len(&audit_queue) > audit_backlog_limit)) {
+			(skb_queue_len_lockless(&audit_queue) > audit_backlog_limit)) {
 			/* wake kauditd to try and flush the queue */
 			wake_up_interruptible(&kauditd_wait);
 
@@ -1953,7 +1953,7 @@ struct audit_buffer *audit_log_start(struct audit_context *ctx, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 			} else {
 				if (audit_rate_check() && printk_ratelimit())
 					pr_warn("audit_backlog=%d > audit_backlog_limit=%d\n",
-						skb_queue_len(&audit_queue),
+						skb_queue_len_lockless(&audit_queue),
 						audit_backlog_limit);
 				audit_log_lost("backlog limit exceeded");
 				return NULL;