diff -up Linux-PAM-0.99.8.1/libpam/pam_audit.c.no-log Linux-PAM-0.99.8.1/libpam/pam_audit.c
--- Linux-PAM-0.99.8.1/libpam/pam_audit.c.no-log	2007-07-18 10:53:35.000000000 +0200
+++ Linux-PAM-0.99.8.1/libpam/pam_audit.c	2007-08-06 11:38:08.000000000 +0200
@@ -42,18 +42,16 @@ _pam_audit_writelog(pam_handle_t *pamh, 
      best to fix it. */
   errno = -rc;
 
+  pamh->audit_state |= PAMAUDIT_LOGGED;
+
   if (rc < 0 && errno != old_errno)
     {
       old_errno = errno;
+      if (rc == -EPERM && getuid () != 0)
+          return 0;
       pam_syslog (pamh, LOG_CRIT, "audit_log_acct_message() failed: %m");
     }
-
-  pamh->audit_state |= PAMAUDIT_LOGGED;
-
-  if (rc == -EPERM && getuid () != 0)
-    return 0;
-  else
-    return rc;
+  return rc;
 }
 
 int