diff --git a/include/linux/audit.h b/include/linux/audit.h
index b40ed5d..32cdafb 100644
--- a/include/linux/audit.h
+++ b/include/linux/audit.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/ptrace.h>
 #include <uapi/linux/audit.h>
+#include <linux/tty.h>
 
 #define AUDIT_INO_UNSET ((unsigned long)-1)
 #define AUDIT_DEV_UNSET ((dev_t)-1)
@@ -343,6 +344,23 @@
 	return tsk->sessionid;
 }
 
+static inline struct tty_struct *audit_get_tty(struct task_struct *tsk)
+{
+	struct tty_struct *tty = NULL;
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&tsk->sighand->siglock, flags);
+	if (tsk->signal)
+		tty = tty_kref_get(tsk->signal->tty);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&tsk->sighand->siglock, flags);
+	return tty;
+}
+
+static inline void audit_put_tty(struct tty_struct *tty)
+{
+	tty_kref_put(tty);
+}
+
 extern void __audit_ipc_obj(struct kern_ipc_perm *ipcp);
 extern void __audit_ipc_set_perm(unsigned long qbytes, uid_t uid, gid_t gid, umode_t mode);
 extern void __audit_bprm(struct linux_binprm *bprm);
@@ -500,6 +518,12 @@
 {
 	return -1;
 }
+static inline struct tty_struct *audit_get_tty(struct task_struct *tsk)
+{
+	return NULL;
+}
+static inline void audit_put_tty(struct tty_struct *tty)
+{ }
 static inline void audit_ipc_obj(struct kern_ipc_perm *ipcp)
 { }
 static inline void audit_ipc_set_perm(unsigned long qbytes, uid_t uid,
diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
index f52fbef..384374a 100644
--- a/kernel/audit.c
+++ b/kernel/audit.c
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@
 #include <linux/security.h>
 #endif
 #include <linux/freezer.h>
-#include <linux/tty.h>
 #include <linux/pid_namespace.h>
 #include <net/netns/generic.h>
 
@@ -1871,21 +1870,14 @@
 {
 	const struct cred *cred;
 	char comm[sizeof(tsk->comm)];
-	char *tty;
+	struct tty_struct *tty;
 
 	if (!ab)
 		return;
 
 	/* tsk == current */
 	cred = current_cred();
-
-	spin_lock_irq(&tsk->sighand->siglock);
-	if (tsk->signal && tsk->signal->tty && tsk->signal->tty->name)
-		tty = tsk->signal->tty->name;
-	else
-		tty = "(none)";
-	spin_unlock_irq(&tsk->sighand->siglock);
-
+	tty = audit_get_tty(tsk);
 	audit_log_format(ab,
 			 " ppid=%d pid=%d auid=%u uid=%u gid=%u"
 			 " euid=%u suid=%u fsuid=%u"
@@ -1901,11 +1893,11 @@
 			 from_kgid(&init_user_ns, cred->egid),
 			 from_kgid(&init_user_ns, cred->sgid),
 			 from_kgid(&init_user_ns, cred->fsgid),
-			 tty, audit_get_sessionid(tsk));
-
+			 tty ? tty_name(tty) : "(none)",
+			 audit_get_sessionid(tsk));
+	audit_put_tty(tty);
 	audit_log_format(ab, " comm=");
 	audit_log_untrustedstring(ab, get_task_comm(comm, tsk));
-
 	audit_log_d_path_exe(ab, tsk->mm);
 	audit_log_task_context(ab);
 }
diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
index 195ffae..71e14d8 100644
--- a/kernel/auditsc.c
+++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
@@ -1980,6 +1980,7 @@
 {
 	struct audit_buffer *ab;
 	uid_t uid, oldloginuid, loginuid;
+	struct tty_struct *tty;
 
 	if (!audit_enabled)
 		return;
@@ -1987,14 +1988,17 @@
 	uid = from_kuid(&init_user_ns, task_uid(current));
 	oldloginuid = from_kuid(&init_user_ns, koldloginuid);
 	loginuid = from_kuid(&init_user_ns, kloginuid),
+	tty = audit_get_tty(current);
 
 	ab = audit_log_start(NULL, GFP_KERNEL, AUDIT_LOGIN);
 	if (!ab)
 		return;
 	audit_log_format(ab, "pid=%d uid=%u", task_pid_nr(current), uid);
 	audit_log_task_context(ab);
-	audit_log_format(ab, " old-auid=%u auid=%u old-ses=%u ses=%u res=%d",
-			 oldloginuid, loginuid, oldsessionid, sessionid, !rc);
+	audit_log_format(ab, " old-auid=%u auid=%u tty=%s old-ses=%u ses=%u res=%d",
+			 oldloginuid, loginuid, tty ? tty_name(tty) : "(none)",
+			 oldsessionid, sessionid, !rc);
+	audit_put_tty(tty);
 	audit_log_end(ab);
 }