diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
index aae1e79..db845cb 100644
--- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
+++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
@@ -3419,7 +3419,7 @@
 	err = selinux_nlmsg_lookup(isec->sclass, nlh->nlmsg_type, &perm);
 	if (err) {
 		if (err == -EINVAL) {
-			audit_log(current->audit_context,
+			audit_log(current->audit_context, AUDIT_SELINUX_ERR,
 				  "SELinux:  unrecognized netlink message"
 				  " type=%hu for sclass=%hu\n",
 				  nlh->nlmsg_type, isec->sclass);