diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima.h b/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
index 917407fb7e94..585af61ed399 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ void ima_update_policy(void);
 void ima_update_policy_flag(void);
 ssize_t ima_parse_add_rule(char *);
 void ima_delete_rules(void);
+int ima_check_policy(void);
 void *ima_policy_start(struct seq_file *m, loff_t *pos);
 void *ima_policy_next(struct seq_file *m, void *v, loff_t *pos);
 void ima_policy_stop(struct seq_file *m, void *v);
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_fs.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_fs.c
index eebb985fd083..3caed6de610c 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_fs.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_fs.c
@@ -355,6 +355,11 @@ static int ima_release_policy(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	if ((file->f_flags & O_ACCMODE) == O_RDONLY)
 		return 0;
 
+	if (valid_policy && ima_check_policy() < 0) {
+		cause = "failed";
+		valid_policy = 0;
+	}
+
 	pr_info("IMA: policy update %s\n", cause);
 	integrity_audit_msg(AUDIT_INTEGRITY_STATUS, NULL, NULL,
 			    "policy_update", cause, !valid_policy, 0);
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c
index ba5d2fc61394..0a3b781f18e5 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c
@@ -416,6 +416,14 @@ void __init ima_init_policy(void)
 	ima_rules = &ima_default_rules;
 }
 
+/* Make sure we have a valid policy, at least containing some rules. */
+int ima_check_policy()
+{
+	if (list_empty(&ima_temp_rules))
+		return -EINVAL;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /**
  * ima_update_policy - update default_rules with new measure rules
  *