if (!audit_rate_check()) {
                audit_log_lost("rate limit exceeded");
        } else {
+               struct nlmsghdr *nlh = nlmsg_hdr(ab->skb);
                if (audit_pid) {
-                       struct nlmsghdr *nlh = nlmsg_hdr(ab->skb);
                        nlh->nlmsg_len = ab->skb->len - NLMSG_SPACE(0);
                        skb_queue_tail(&audit_skb_queue, ab->skb);
                        ab->skb = NULL;
                        wake_up_interruptible(&kauditd_wait);
-               } else if (printk_ratelimit()) {
-                       struct nlmsghdr *nlh = nlmsg_hdr(ab->skb);
-                       printk(KERN_NOTICE "type=%d %s\n", nlh->nlmsg_type, ab->skb->data + NLMSG_SPACE(0));
-               } else {
-                       audit_log_lost("printk limit exceeded\n");
+               } else if (nlh->nlmsg_type != AUDIT_EOE) {
+                       if (printk_ratelimit()) {
+                               printk(KERN_NOTICE "type=%d %s\n",
+                                       nlh->nlmsg_type,
+                                       ab->skb->data + NLMSG_SPACE(0));
+                       } else
+                               audit_log_lost("printk limit exceeded\n");
                }
        }
        audit_buffer_free(ab);