Error when patching the system "error: unpacking of archive failed on file /var/log/audit: cpio: lsetfilecon"

Issue

Error when upgrading the auditd package this error was seen:

error: unpacking of archive failed on file /var/log/audit: cpio: lsetfilecon

Full Log: 

Dependencies Resolved

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 Package                  Arch                      Version                        Repository                             Size
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Updating:
 audit                    x86_64                    2.6.5-3.el7                    rhel-7-server-rpms                    233 k

Transaction Summary
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Upgrade  1 Package

Total download size: 233 k
Is this ok [y/d/N]: y
Downloading packages:
Delta RPMs disabled because /usr/bin/applydeltarpm not installed.
audit-2.6.5-3.el7.x86_64.rpm                                                                            | 233 kB  00:00:00
Running transaction check
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded
Running transaction
  Updating   : audit-2.6.5-3.el7.x86_64                                                                                    1/2
Error unpacking rpm package audit-2.6.5-3.el7.x86_64
warning: /etc/audisp/plugins.d/syslog.conf created as /etc/audisp/plugins.d/syslog.conf.rpmnew
warning: /etc/audit/auditd.conf created as /etc/audit/auditd.conf.rpmnew
error: unpacking of archive failed on file /var/log/audit: cpio: lsetfilecon
audit-2.4.1-5.el7.x86_64 was supposed to be removed but is not!
  Verifying  : audit-2.4.1-5.el7.x86_64                                                                                    1/2
  Verifying  : audit-2.6.5-3.el7.x86_64                                                                                    2/2

Failed:
  audit.x86_64 0:2.4.1-5.el7                                     audit.x86_64 0:2.6.5-3.el7

Complete!