diff --git a/include/linux/audit.h b/include/linux/audit.h
index 2f5dc60f8bbd..17ea5d522d81 100644
--- a/include/linux/audit.h
+++ b/include/linux/audit.h
@@ -51,14 +51,8 @@
 #define AUDIT_WATCH_LIST	1009	/* List all file/dir watches */
 #define AUDIT_SIGNAL_INFO	1010	/* Get info about sender of signal to auditd */
 
-#define AUDIT_USER_AUTH		1100	/* User space authentication */
-#define AUDIT_USER_ACCT		1101	/* User space acct change */
-#define AUDIT_USER_MGMT		1102	/* User space acct management */
-#define AUDIT_CRED_ACQ		1103	/* User space credential acquired */
-#define AUDIT_CRED_DISP		1104	/* User space credential disposed */
-#define AUDIT_USER_START	1105	/* User space session start */ 
-#define AUDIT_USER_END		1106	/* User space session end */
-#define AUDIT_USER_AVC		1107	/* User space avc message */
+#define AUDIT_FIRST_USER_MSG	1100	/* Userspace messages uninteresting to kernel */
+#define AUDIT_LAST_USER_MSG	1199
  
 #define AUDIT_DAEMON_START      1200    /* Daemon startup record */
 #define AUDIT_DAEMON_END        1201    /* Daemon normal stop record */
@@ -173,13 +167,6 @@
 #define AUDIT_ARCH_V850		(EM_V850|__AUDIT_ARCH_LE)
 #define AUDIT_ARCH_X86_64	(EM_X86_64|__AUDIT_ARCH_64BIT|__AUDIT_ARCH_LE)
 
-#ifndef __KERNEL__
-struct audit_message {
-	struct nlmsghdr nlh;
-	char		data[1200];
-};
-#endif
-
 struct audit_status {
 	__u32		mask;		/* Bit mask for valid entries */
 	__u32		enabled;	/* 1 = enabled, 0 = disabled */
diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
index a0e33b6897d7..e6d88635032c 100644
--- a/kernel/audit.c
+++ b/kernel/audit.c
@@ -325,15 +325,7 @@ static int audit_netlink_ok(kernel_cap_t eff_cap, u16 msg_type)
 		if (!cap_raised(eff_cap, CAP_AUDIT_CONTROL))
 			err = -EPERM;
 		break;
-	case AUDIT_USER:
-	case AUDIT_USER_AUTH:
-	case AUDIT_USER_ACCT:
-	case AUDIT_USER_MGMT:
-	case AUDIT_CRED_ACQ:
-	case AUDIT_CRED_DISP:
-	case AUDIT_USER_START:
-	case AUDIT_USER_END:
-	case AUDIT_USER_AVC:
+	case AUDIT_FIRST_USER_MSG...AUDIT_LAST_USER_MSG:
 		if (!cap_raised(eff_cap, CAP_AUDIT_WRITE))
 			err = -EPERM;
 		break;
@@ -402,15 +394,7 @@ static int audit_receive_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
 			audit_set_backlog_limit(status_get->backlog_limit,
 							loginuid);
 		break;
-	case AUDIT_USER:
-	case AUDIT_USER_AUTH:
-	case AUDIT_USER_ACCT:
-	case AUDIT_USER_MGMT:
-	case AUDIT_CRED_ACQ:
-	case AUDIT_CRED_DISP:
-	case AUDIT_USER_START:
-	case AUDIT_USER_END:
-	case AUDIT_USER_AVC:
+	case AUDIT_FIRST_USER_MSG...AUDIT_LAST_USER_MSG:
 		ab = audit_log_start(NULL, msg_type);
 		if (!ab)
 			break;	/* audit_panic has been called */
diff --git a/security/selinux/nlmsgtab.c b/security/selinux/nlmsgtab.c
index 67e77acc4795..f0fb6d76f7c5 100644
--- a/security/selinux/nlmsgtab.c
+++ b/security/selinux/nlmsgtab.c
@@ -98,14 +98,6 @@ static struct nlmsg_perm nlmsg_audit_perms[] =
 	{ AUDIT_DEL,		NETLINK_AUDIT_SOCKET__NLMSG_WRITE    },
 	{ AUDIT_USER,		NETLINK_AUDIT_SOCKET__NLMSG_RELAY    },
 	{ AUDIT_SIGNAL_INFO,	NETLINK_AUDIT_SOCKET__NLMSG_READ     },
-	{ AUDIT_USER_AUTH,	NETLINK_AUDIT_SOCKET__NLMSG_RELAY    },
-	{ AUDIT_USER_ACCT,	NETLINK_AUDIT_SOCKET__NLMSG_RELAY    },
-	{ AUDIT_USER_MGMT,	NETLINK_AUDIT_SOCKET__NLMSG_RELAY    },
-	{ AUDIT_CRED_ACQ,	NETLINK_AUDIT_SOCKET__NLMSG_RELAY    },
-	{ AUDIT_CRED_DISP,	NETLINK_AUDIT_SOCKET__NLMSG_RELAY    },
-	{ AUDIT_USER_START,	NETLINK_AUDIT_SOCKET__NLMSG_RELAY    },
-	{ AUDIT_USER_END,	NETLINK_AUDIT_SOCKET__NLMSG_RELAY    },
-	{ AUDIT_USER_AVC,	NETLINK_AUDIT_SOCKET__NLMSG_RELAY    },
 };
 
 
@@ -150,8 +142,13 @@ int selinux_nlmsg_lookup(u16 sclass, u16 nlmsg_type, u32 *perm)
 		break;
 
 	case SECCLASS_NETLINK_AUDIT_SOCKET:
-		err = nlmsg_perm(nlmsg_type, perm, nlmsg_audit_perms,
-				 sizeof(nlmsg_audit_perms));
+		if (nlmsg_type >= AUDIT_FIRST_USER_MSG &&
+		    nlmsg_type <= AUDIT_LAST_USER_MSG) {
+			*perm = NETLINK_AUDIT_SOCKET__NLMSG_RELAY;
+		} else {
+			err = nlmsg_perm(nlmsg_type, perm, nlmsg_audit_perms,
+					 sizeof(nlmsg_audit_perms));
+		}
 		break;
 
 	/* No messaging from userspace, or class unknown/unhandled */