diff --git a/include/linux/lsm_audit.h b/include/linux/lsm_audit.h
index ffb9c9da4f39..e58e577117b6 100644
--- a/include/linux/lsm_audit.h
+++ b/include/linux/lsm_audit.h
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ struct common_audit_data {
 #define LSM_AUDIT_DATA_INODE	9
 #define LSM_AUDIT_DATA_DENTRY	10
 #define LSM_AUDIT_DATA_IOCTL_OP	11
+#define LSM_AUDIT_DATA_FILE	12
 	union 	{
 		struct path path;
 		struct dentry *dentry;
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ struct common_audit_data {
 #endif
 		char *kmod_name;
 		struct lsm_ioctlop_audit *op;
+		struct file *file;
 	} u;
 	/* this union contains LSM specific data */
 	union {
diff --git a/security/lsm_audit.c b/security/lsm_audit.c
index 9bf851884800..8bfa3147fd54 100644
--- a/security/lsm_audit.c
+++ b/security/lsm_audit.c
@@ -245,6 +245,19 @@ static void dump_common_audit_data(struct audit_buffer *ab,
 		}
 		break;
 	}
+	case LSM_AUDIT_DATA_FILE: {
+		struct inode *inode;
+
+		audit_log_d_path(ab, " path=", &a->u.file->f_path);
+
+		inode = file_inode(a->u.file);
+		if (inode) {
+			audit_log_format(ab, " dev=");
+			audit_log_untrustedstring(ab, inode->i_sb->s_id);
+			audit_log_format(ab, " ino=%lu", inode->i_ino);
+		}
+		break;
+	}
 	case LSM_AUDIT_DATA_IOCTL_OP: {
 		struct inode *inode;
 
diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
index e15e56081c0c..2205ea27aa0a 100644
--- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
+++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
@@ -1761,8 +1761,8 @@ static inline int file_path_has_perm(const struct cred *cred,
 {
 	struct common_audit_data ad;
 
-	ad.type = LSM_AUDIT_DATA_PATH;
-	ad.u.path = file->f_path;
+	ad.type = LSM_AUDIT_DATA_FILE;
+	ad.u.file = file;
 	return inode_has_perm(cred, file_inode(file), av, &ad);
 }
 
@@ -1784,8 +1784,8 @@ static int file_has_perm(const struct cred *cred,
 	u32 sid = cred_sid(cred);
 	int rc;
 
-	ad.type = LSM_AUDIT_DATA_PATH;
-	ad.u.path = file->f_path;
+	ad.type = LSM_AUDIT_DATA_FILE;
+	ad.u.file = file;
 
 	if (sid != fsec->sid) {
 		rc = avc_has_perm(sid, fsec->sid,
@@ -2365,8 +2365,8 @@ static int selinux_bprm_set_creds(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 			new_tsec->sid = old_tsec->sid;
 	}
 
-	ad.type = LSM_AUDIT_DATA_PATH;
-	ad.u.path = bprm->file->f_path;
+	ad.type = LSM_AUDIT_DATA_FILE;
+	ad.u.file = bprm->file;
 
 	if (new_tsec->sid == old_tsec->sid) {
 		rc = avc_has_perm(old_tsec->sid, isec->sid,
@@ -3833,8 +3833,8 @@ static int selinux_kernel_module_from_file(struct file *file)
 
 	/* finit_module */
 
-	ad.type = LSM_AUDIT_DATA_PATH;
-	ad.u.path = file->f_path;
+	ad.type = LSM_AUDIT_DATA_FILE;
+	ad.u.file = file;
 
 	fsec = file->f_security;
 	if (sid != fsec->sid) {