fprintf(trace->output, "]: %s()", sc->name);
        }
 
-       if (ret < 0 && sc->fmt && sc->fmt->errmsg) {
+       if (sc->fmt == NULL) {
+signed_print:
+               fprintf(trace->output, ") = %d", ret);
+       } else if (ret < 0 && sc->fmt->errmsg) {
                char bf[256];
                const char *emsg = strerror_r(-ret, bf, sizeof(bf)),
                           *e = audit_errno_to_name(-ret);
 
                fprintf(trace->output, ") = -1 %s %s", e, emsg);
-       } else if (ret == 0 && sc->fmt && sc->fmt->timeout)
+       } else if (ret == 0 && sc->fmt->timeout)
                fprintf(trace->output, ") = 0 Timeout");
        else
-               fprintf(trace->output, ") = %d", ret);
+               goto signed_print;
 
        fputc('\n', trace->output);
 out: