diff --git a/security/apparmor/label.c b/security/apparmor/label.c
index 3fd384d8c41a..a165cadf8249 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/label.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/label.c
@@ -1743,10 +1743,7 @@ void aa_label_xaudit(struct audit_buffer *ab, struct aa_ns *ns,
 		str = (char *) label->hname;
 		len = strlen(str);
 	}
-	if (audit_string_contains_control(str, len))
-		audit_log_n_hex(ab, str, len);
-	else
-		audit_log_n_string(ab, str, len);
+	audit_log_n_untrustedstring(ab, str, len);
 
 	kfree(name);
 }