diff --git a/security/apparmor/policy_unpack.c b/security/apparmor/policy_unpack.c
index 379682e2a8d5d..f6c2bcb2ab145 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/policy_unpack.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/policy_unpack.c
@@ -579,6 +579,7 @@ static bool unpack_secmark(struct aa_ext *e, struct aa_profile *profile)
 			kfree(profile->secmark[i].label);
 		kfree(profile->secmark);
 		profile->secmark_count = 0;
+		profile->secmark = NULL;
 	}
 
 	e->pos = pos;