diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
index 00efe4758c869927157897fdb351b975244f41c7..705c25a70bffca3a29bc4e47e9725dd6fd1da648 100644
--- a/kernel/audit.c
+++ b/kernel/audit.c
@@ -1423,7 +1423,7 @@ void audit_log_d_path(struct audit_buffer *ab, const char *prefix,
 	char *p, *pathname;
 
 	if (prefix)
-		audit_log_format(ab, " %s", prefix);
+		audit_log_format(ab, "%s", prefix);
 
 	/* We will allow 11 spaces for ' (deleted)' to be appended */
 	pathname = kmalloc(PATH_MAX+11, ab->gfp_mask);
diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
index 86584ecb1039ef9eccafdd0a4f87393889d8481b..caaea6e944f859595020a29265038e9669a2501f 100644
--- a/kernel/auditsc.c
+++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
@@ -1171,7 +1171,7 @@ static void audit_log_task_info(struct audit_buffer *ab, struct task_struct *tsk
 		while (vma) {
 			if ((vma->vm_flags & VM_EXECUTABLE) &&
 			    vma->vm_file) {
-				audit_log_d_path(ab, "exe=",
+				audit_log_d_path(ab, " exe=",
 						 &vma->vm_file->f_path);
 				break;
 			}
@@ -1540,7 +1540,7 @@ static void audit_log_name(struct audit_context *context, struct audit_names *n,
 		case 0:
 			/* name was specified as a relative path and the
 			 * directory component is the cwd */
-			audit_log_d_path(ab, "name=", &context->pwd);
+			audit_log_d_path(ab, " name=", &context->pwd);
 			break;
 		default:
 			/* log the name's directory component */
@@ -1725,7 +1725,7 @@ static void audit_log_exit(struct audit_context *context, struct task_struct *ts
 	if (context->pwd.dentry && context->pwd.mnt) {
 		ab = audit_log_start(context, GFP_KERNEL, AUDIT_CWD);
 		if (ab) {
-			audit_log_d_path(ab, "cwd=", &context->pwd);
+			audit_log_d_path(ab, " cwd=", &context->pwd);
 			audit_log_end(ab);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/security/lsm_audit.c b/security/lsm_audit.c
index fc41b7cccb53732b31801bbef3cd9c06826cd3b0..293b8c45b1d1bbf9a28edff35001b8c02eb09191 100644
--- a/security/lsm_audit.c
+++ b/security/lsm_audit.c
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ static void dump_common_audit_data(struct audit_buffer *ab,
 	case LSM_AUDIT_DATA_PATH: {
 		struct inode *inode;
 
-		audit_log_d_path(ab, "path=", &a->u.path);
+		audit_log_d_path(ab, " path=", &a->u.path);
 
 		inode = a->u.path.dentry->d_inode;
 		if (inode) {
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ static void dump_common_audit_data(struct audit_buffer *ab,
 						.dentry = u->dentry,
 						.mnt = u->mnt
 					};
-					audit_log_d_path(ab, "path=", &path);
+					audit_log_d_path(ab, " path=", &path);
 					break;
 				}
 				if (!u->addr)