diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
index f6bc31e..ea3fe2b 100644
--- a/kernel/auditsc.c
+++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
 		return 0;
 
 	list_for_each_entry(n, &ctx->names_list, list) {
-		if ((n->ino != -1) &&
+		if ((n->ino != AUDIT_INO_UNSET) &&
 		    ((n->mode & S_IFMT) == mode))
 			return 1;
 	}
@@ -1681,7 +1681,7 @@
 		aname->should_free = true;
 	}
 
-	aname->ino = (unsigned long)-1;
+	aname->ino = AUDIT_INO_UNSET;
 	aname->type = type;
 	list_add_tail(&aname->list, &context->names_list);
 
@@ -1923,7 +1923,7 @@
 	if (inode)
 		audit_copy_inode(found_child, dentry, inode);
 	else
-		found_child->ino = (unsigned long)-1;
+		found_child->ino = AUDIT_INO_UNSET;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__audit_inode_child);