diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
index ec4c552876a7..aa3feec4df14 100644
--- a/kernel/auditsc.c
+++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
@@ -1430,7 +1430,7 @@ 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);
 		}
 	}