diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 8b7abae87bf9..38416a199def 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -169,7 +169,6 @@ config SYSCTL
 config AUDIT
 	bool "Auditing support"
 	depends on NET
-	default y if SECURITY_SELINUX
 	help
 	  Enable auditing infrastructure that can be used with another
 	  kernel subsystem, such as SELinux (which requires this for
diff --git a/security/selinux/Kconfig b/security/selinux/Kconfig
index 502f78f13f5f..f636f53ca544 100644
--- a/security/selinux/Kconfig
+++ b/security/selinux/Kconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 config SECURITY_SELINUX
 	bool "NSA SELinux Support"
-	depends on SECURITY_NETWORK && NET && INET
+	depends on SECURITY_NETWORK && AUDIT && NET && INET
 	default n
 	help
 	  This selects NSA Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux).
diff --git a/security/selinux/avc.c b/security/selinux/avc.c
index 53d6c7bbf564..ac5d69bb3377 100644
--- a/security/selinux/avc.c
+++ b/security/selinux/avc.c
@@ -43,13 +43,11 @@ static const struct av_perm_to_string
 #undef S_
 };
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_AUDIT
 static const char *class_to_string[] = {
 #define S_(s) s,
 #include "class_to_string.h"
 #undef S_
 };
-#endif
 
 #define TB_(s) static const char * s [] = {
 #define TE_(s) };