diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/audit.h b/include/uapi/linux/audit.h
index 9b6a973f4cc3..cd2d8279a5e4 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/audit.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/audit.h
@@ -333,14 +333,15 @@ enum {
 };
 
 /* Status symbols */
-				/* Mask values */
-#define AUDIT_STATUS_ENABLED		0x0001
-#define AUDIT_STATUS_FAILURE		0x0002
-#define AUDIT_STATUS_PID		0x0004
+						/* Mask values */
+#define AUDIT_STATUS_ENABLED			0x0001
+#define AUDIT_STATUS_FAILURE			0x0002
+#define AUDIT_STATUS_PID			0x0004
 #define AUDIT_STATUS_RATE_LIMIT		0x0008
-#define AUDIT_STATUS_BACKLOG_LIMIT	0x0010
-#define AUDIT_STATUS_BACKLOG_WAIT_TIME	0x0020
-#define AUDIT_STATUS_LOST		0x0040
+#define AUDIT_STATUS_BACKLOG_LIMIT		0x0010
+#define AUDIT_STATUS_BACKLOG_WAIT_TIME		0x0020
+#define AUDIT_STATUS_LOST			0x0040
+#define AUDIT_STATUS_BACKLOG_WAIT_TIME_ACTUAL	0x0080
 
 #define AUDIT_FEATURE_BITMAP_BACKLOG_LIMIT	0x00000001
 #define AUDIT_FEATURE_BITMAP_BACKLOG_WAIT_TIME	0x00000002
@@ -467,6 +468,9 @@ struct audit_status {
 		__u32	feature_bitmap;	/* bitmap of kernel audit features */
 	};
 	__u32		backlog_wait_time;/* message queue wait timeout */
+	__u32           backlog_wait_time_actual;/* time spent waiting while
+						  * message limit exceeded
+						  */
 };
 
 struct audit_features {
diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
index a2f3e34aa724..d72663ac248c 100644
--- a/kernel/audit.c
+++ b/kernel/audit.c
@@ -136,6 +136,11 @@ u32		audit_sig_sid = 0;
 */
 static atomic_t	audit_lost = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
 
+/* Monotonically increasing sum of time the kernel has spent
+ * waiting while the backlog limit is exceeded.
+ */
+static atomic_t audit_backlog_wait_time_actual = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
+
 /* Hash for inode-based rules */
 struct list_head audit_inode_hash[AUDIT_INODE_BUCKETS];
 
@@ -1201,17 +1206,18 @@ static int audit_receive_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
 	case AUDIT_GET: {
 		struct audit_status	s;
 		memset(&s, 0, sizeof(s));
-		s.enabled		= audit_enabled;
-		s.failure		= audit_failure;
+		s.enabled		   = audit_enabled;
+		s.failure		   = audit_failure;
 		/* NOTE: use pid_vnr() so the PID is relative to the current
 		 *       namespace */
-		s.pid			= auditd_pid_vnr();
-		s.rate_limit		= audit_rate_limit;
-		s.backlog_limit		= audit_backlog_limit;
-		s.lost			= atomic_read(&audit_lost);
-		s.backlog		= skb_queue_len(&audit_queue);
-		s.feature_bitmap	= AUDIT_FEATURE_BITMAP_ALL;
-		s.backlog_wait_time	= audit_backlog_wait_time;
+		s.pid			   = auditd_pid_vnr();
+		s.rate_limit		   = audit_rate_limit;
+		s.backlog_limit		   = audit_backlog_limit;
+		s.lost			   = atomic_read(&audit_lost);
+		s.backlog		   = skb_queue_len(&audit_queue);
+		s.feature_bitmap	   = AUDIT_FEATURE_BITMAP_ALL;
+		s.backlog_wait_time	   = audit_backlog_wait_time;
+		s.backlog_wait_time_actual = atomic_read(&audit_backlog_wait_time_actual);
 		audit_send_reply(skb, seq, AUDIT_GET, 0, 0, &s, sizeof(s));
 		break;
 	}
@@ -1315,6 +1321,12 @@ static int audit_receive_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
 			audit_log_config_change("lost", 0, lost, 1);
 			return lost;
 		}
+		if (s.mask == AUDIT_STATUS_BACKLOG_WAIT_TIME_ACTUAL) {
+			u32 actual = atomic_xchg(&audit_backlog_wait_time_actual, 0);
+
+			audit_log_config_change("backlog_wait_time_actual", 0, actual, 1);
+			return actual;
+		}
 		break;
 	}
 	case AUDIT_GET_FEATURE:
@@ -1826,12 +1838,15 @@ struct audit_buffer *audit_log_start(struct audit_context *ctx, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 			/* sleep if we are allowed and we haven't exhausted our
 			 * backlog wait limit */
 			if (gfpflags_allow_blocking(gfp_mask) && (stime > 0)) {
+				long rtime = stime;
+
 				DECLARE_WAITQUEUE(wait, current);
 
 				add_wait_queue_exclusive(&audit_backlog_wait,
 							 &wait);
 				set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
-				stime = schedule_timeout(stime);
+				stime = schedule_timeout(rtime);
+				atomic_add(rtime - stime, &audit_backlog_wait_time_actual);
 				remove_wait_queue(&audit_backlog_wait, &wait);
 			} else {
 				if (audit_rate_check() && printk_ratelimit())