diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 15ef6202b1fb..5db5963ebc47 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 84088ba239293abb24260c6c36d86e8775b6707f
+refs/heads/master: f8859d98c1d1e73393285fb9dd57007839956247
diff --git a/trunk/security/smack/smackfs.c b/trunk/security/smack/smackfs.c
index 54f6e18dea2f..5498c4a2d1ae 100644
--- a/trunk/security/smack/smackfs.c
+++ b/trunk/security/smack/smackfs.c
@@ -1497,6 +1497,7 @@ static ssize_t smk_write_access(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 {
 	struct smack_rule rule;
 	char *data;
+	int res;
 
 	if (!capable(CAP_MAC_ADMIN))
 		return -EPERM;
@@ -1508,8 +1509,10 @@ static ssize_t smk_write_access(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 	if (count < SMK_LOADLEN || smk_parse_rule(data, &rule))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	data[0] = smk_access(rule.smk_subject, rule.smk_object,
-			     rule.smk_access, NULL) == 0;
+	res = smk_access(rule.smk_subject, rule.smk_object, rule.smk_access,
+			  NULL);
+	data[0] = res == 0 ? '1' : '0';
+	data[1] = '\0';
 
 	simple_transaction_set(file, 1);
 	return SMK_LOADLEN;