diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
index d9154cf..65fa8bf 100644
--- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
+++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
@@ -1973,14 +1973,10 @@
 	return dentry_has_perm(cred, NULL, dentry, FILE__QUOTAON);
 }
 
-static int selinux_syslog(int type, bool from_file)
+static int selinux_syslog(int type)
 {
 	int rc;
 
-	rc = cap_syslog(type, from_file);
-	if (rc)
-		return rc;
-
 	switch (type) {
 	case SYSLOG_ACTION_READ_ALL:	/* Read last kernel messages */
 	case SYSLOG_ACTION_SIZE_BUFFER:	/* Return size of the log buffer */