diff --git a/security/selinux/avc.c b/security/selinux/avc.c
index e1efe744c6a5..857b9bf916cf 100644
--- a/security/selinux/avc.c
+++ b/security/selinux/avc.c
@@ -779,6 +779,10 @@ noinline int slow_avc_audit(struct selinux_state *state,
 	if (WARN_ON(!tclass || tclass >= ARRAY_SIZE(secclass_map)))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	/* Only log permissive=1 messages for SECURITY_SELINUX_DEVELOP */
+	if (denied && !result)
+		return 0;
+
 	if (!a) {
 		a = &stack_data;
 		a->type = LSM_AUDIT_DATA_NONE;