diff --git a/builtin/audit/file/backend.go b/builtin/audit/file/backend.go
index d99010daba..9c95dd3ea8 100644
--- a/builtin/audit/file/backend.go
+++ b/builtin/audit/file/backend.go
@@ -53,6 +53,16 @@ func (b *Backend) LogRequest(auth *logical.Auth, req *logical.Request, outerErr
 		return err
 	}
 	if !b.LogRaw {
+		// Before we copy the structure we must nil out some data
+		// otherwise we will cause reflection to panic and die
+		if req.Connection != nil && req.Connection.ConnState != nil {
+			origState := req.Connection.ConnState
+			req.Connection.ConnState = nil
+			defer func() {
+				req.Connection.ConnState = origState
+			}()
+		}
+
 		// Copy the structures
 		cp, err := copystructure.Copy(auth)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -88,6 +98,16 @@ func (b *Backend) LogResponse(
 		return err
 	}
 	if !b.LogRaw {
+		// Before we copy the structure we must nil out some data
+		// otherwise we will cause reflection to panic and die
+		if req.Connection != nil && req.Connection.ConnState != nil {
+			origState := req.Connection.ConnState
+			req.Connection.ConnState = nil
+			defer func() {
+				req.Connection.ConnState = origState
+			}()
+		}
+
 		// Copy the structure
 		cp, err := copystructure.Copy(auth)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/builtin/audit/syslog/backend.go b/builtin/audit/syslog/backend.go
index 79f6eb740f..cf3c6ceaa0 100644
--- a/builtin/audit/syslog/backend.go
+++ b/builtin/audit/syslog/backend.go
@@ -54,6 +54,16 @@ type Backend struct {
 
 func (b *Backend) LogRequest(auth *logical.Auth, req *logical.Request, outerErr error) error {
 	if !b.logRaw {
+		// Before we copy the structure we must nil out some data
+		// otherwise we will cause reflection to panic and die
+		if req.Connection != nil && req.Connection.ConnState != nil {
+			origState := req.Connection.ConnState
+			req.Connection.ConnState = nil
+			defer func() {
+				req.Connection.ConnState = origState
+			}()
+		}
+
 		// Copy the structures
 		cp, err := copystructure.Copy(auth)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -91,6 +101,16 @@ func (b *Backend) LogRequest(auth *logical.Auth, req *logical.Request, outerErr
 func (b *Backend) LogResponse(auth *logical.Auth, req *logical.Request,
 	resp *logical.Response, err error) error {
 	if !b.logRaw {
+		// Before we copy the structure we must nil out some data
+		// otherwise we will cause reflection to panic and die
+		if req.Connection != nil && req.Connection.ConnState != nil {
+			origState := req.Connection.ConnState
+			req.Connection.ConnState = nil
+			defer func() {
+				req.Connection.ConnState = origState
+			}()
+		}
+
 		// Copy the structure
 		cp, err := copystructure.Copy(auth)
 		if err != nil {