diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
index 5560390cb0f5..9442c3533ba9 100644
--- a/kernel/audit.c
+++ b/kernel/audit.c
@@ -1440,13 +1440,13 @@ void audit_log_d_path(struct audit_buffer *ab, const char *prefix,
 	/* We will allow 11 spaces for ' (deleted)' to be appended */
 	pathname = kmalloc(PATH_MAX+11, ab->gfp_mask);
 	if (!pathname) {
-		audit_log_format(ab, "<no memory>");
+		audit_log_string(ab, "<no_memory>");
 		return;
 	}
 	p = d_path(path, pathname, PATH_MAX+11);
 	if (IS_ERR(p)) { /* Should never happen since we send PATH_MAX */
 		/* FIXME: can we save some information here? */
-		audit_log_format(ab, "<too long>");
+		audit_log_string(ab, "<too_long>");
 	} else
 		audit_log_untrustedstring(ab, p);
 	kfree(pathname);
diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
index aa0428e08367..7d6ac7c1f414 100644
--- a/kernel/auditsc.c
+++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
@@ -1478,7 +1478,7 @@ static void audit_log_exit(struct audit_context *context, struct task_struct *ts
 			case 0:
 				/* name was specified as a relative path and the
 				 * directory component is the cwd */
-				audit_log_d_path(ab, " name=", &context->pwd);
+				audit_log_d_path(ab, "name=", &context->pwd);
 				break;
 			default:
 				/* log the name's directory component */