diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
index 6610e667c728..2b9ce0b52511 100644
--- a/kernel/auditsc.c
+++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
@@ -2712,7 +2712,8 @@ int audit_signal_info_syscall(struct task_struct *t)
 		axp->d.next = ctx->aux_pids;
 		ctx->aux_pids = (void *)axp;
 	}
-	BUG_ON(axp->pid_count >= AUDIT_AUX_PIDS);
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(axp->pid_count >= AUDIT_AUX_PIDS))
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	axp->target_pid[axp->pid_count] = task_tgid_nr(t);
 	axp->target_auid[axp->pid_count] = audit_get_loginuid(t);