diff --git a/security/integrity/iint.c b/security/integrity/iint.c
index a521edf4cbd6..cc3eb4de18a1 100644
--- a/security/integrity/iint.c
+++ b/security/integrity/iint.c
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ static struct rb_root integrity_iint_tree = RB_ROOT;
 static DEFINE_RWLOCK(integrity_iint_lock);
 static struct kmem_cache *iint_cache __read_mostly;
 
-int iint_initialized;
-
 /*
  * __integrity_iint_find - return the iint associated with an inode
  */
@@ -166,7 +164,6 @@ static int __init integrity_iintcache_init(void)
 	iint_cache =
 	    kmem_cache_create("iint_cache", sizeof(struct integrity_iint_cache),
 			      0, SLAB_PANIC, init_once);
-	iint_initialized = 1;
 	return 0;
 }
 security_initcall(integrity_iintcache_init);
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
index 62f59eca32d3..72faf0b5b05c 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ void ima_file_free(struct file *file)
 	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct integrity_iint_cache *iint;
 
-	if (!iint_initialized || !S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
+	if (!ima_policy_flag || !S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
 		return;
 
 	iint = integrity_iint_find(inode);
diff --git a/security/integrity/integrity.h b/security/integrity/integrity.h
index c0379d13dbe1..883a5fc75449 100644
--- a/security/integrity/integrity.h
+++ b/security/integrity/integrity.h
@@ -169,6 +169,3 @@ static inline void integrity_audit_msg(int audit_msgno, struct inode *inode,
 {
 }
 #endif
-
-/* set during initialization */
-extern int iint_initialized;