diff --git a/ubuntu/apparmor/capability.c b/ubuntu/apparmor/capability.c
index 65b91cf..5bb2eca 100644
--- a/ubuntu/apparmor/capability.c
+++ b/ubuntu/apparmor/capability.c
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ static int aa_audit_caps(struct aa_profile *profile, struct aa_audit_caps *sa)
 	/* Do simple duplicate message elimination */
 	ent = &get_cpu_var(audit_cache);
 	if (sa->base.task == ent->task && cap_raised(ent->caps, sa->cap)) {
+		put_cpu_var(audit_cache);
 		if (PROFILE_COMPLAIN(profile))
 			return 0;
 		return sa->base.error;