diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java
index 7feba2bd11c..54c862932b6 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java
@@ -2697,8 +2697,7 @@ boolean renameTo(String src, String dst, boolean logRetryCache)
     if (success) {
       getEditLog().logSync();
     }
-    logAuditEvent(success, "rename", src, dst,
-        ret == null ? null : ret.auditStat);
+    logAuditEvent(success, "rename", src, dst, ret.auditStat);
     return success;
   }