diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
index 8dba8f0983b5..638f424859ed 100644
--- a/kernel/auditsc.c
+++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ static int audit_filter_rules(struct task_struct *tsk,
 			result = audit_comparator(audit_loginuid_set(tsk), f->op, f->val);
 			break;
 		case AUDIT_SADDR_FAM:
-			if (ctx->sockaddr)
+			if (ctx && ctx->sockaddr)
 				result = audit_comparator(ctx->sockaddr->ss_family,
 							  f->op, f->val);
 			break;