diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
index 9c8e5f732c4c..e7a62ebbf4d1 100644
--- a/kernel/audit.c
+++ b/kernel/audit.c
@@ -1693,9 +1693,7 @@ static int __init audit_init(void)
 	if (audit_initialized == AUDIT_DISABLED)
 		return 0;
 
-	audit_buffer_cache = kmem_cache_create("audit_buffer",
-					       sizeof(struct audit_buffer),
-					       0, SLAB_PANIC, NULL);
+	audit_buffer_cache = KMEM_CACHE(audit_buffer, SLAB_PANIC);
 
 	skb_queue_head_init(&audit_queue);
 	skb_queue_head_init(&audit_retry_queue);
diff --git a/kernel/auditfilter.c b/kernel/auditfilter.c
index 8317a37dea0b..be8c680121e4 100644
--- a/kernel/auditfilter.c
+++ b/kernel/auditfilter.c
@@ -788,7 +788,7 @@ static int audit_compare_rule(struct audit_krule *a, struct audit_krule *b)
 static inline int audit_dupe_lsm_field(struct audit_field *df,
 					   struct audit_field *sf)
 {
-	int ret = 0;
+	int ret;
 	char *lsm_str;
 
 	/* our own copy of lsm_str */