diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
index b1356fc..3ea836d 100644
--- a/kernel/auditsc.c
+++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@
 /* Indicates that audit should log the full pathname. */
 #define AUDIT_NAME_FULL -1
 
+/* number of audit rules */
+int audit_n_rules;
+
 /* When fs/namei.c:getname() is called, we store the pointer in name and
  * we don't let putname() free it (instead we free all of the saved
  * pointers at syscall exit time).