diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima.h b/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
index bf03c6a16cc8..a21cf706d213 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ int ima_add_template_entry(struct ima_template_entry *entry, int violation,
 			   const char *op, struct inode *inode,
 			   const unsigned char *filename);
 int ima_calc_file_hash(struct file *file, struct ima_digest_data *hash);
-int ima_calc_field_array_hash(struct ima_field_data *field_data, int num_fields,
+int ima_calc_field_array_hash(struct ima_field_data *field_data,
+			      struct ima_template_desc *desc, int num_fields,
 			      struct ima_digest_data *hash);
 int __init ima_calc_boot_aggregate(struct ima_digest_data *hash);
 void ima_add_violation(struct file *file, const unsigned char *filename,
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c
index 0e7540863fc2..80374842fe0b 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ int ima_store_template(struct ima_template_entry *entry,
 		/* this function uses default algo */
 		hash.hdr.algo = HASH_ALGO_SHA1;
 		result = ima_calc_field_array_hash(&entry->template_data[0],
+						   entry->template_desc,
 						   num_fields, &hash.hdr);
 		if (result < 0) {
 			integrity_audit_msg(AUDIT_INTEGRITY_PCR, inode,
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_crypto.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_crypto.c
index 676e0292dfec..fdf60def52e9 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_crypto.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_crypto.c
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ int ima_calc_file_hash(struct file *file, struct ima_digest_data *hash)
  * Calculate the hash of template data
  */
 static int ima_calc_field_array_hash_tfm(struct ima_field_data *field_data,
+					 struct ima_template_desc *td,
 					 int num_fields,
 					 struct ima_digest_data *hash,
 					 struct crypto_shash *tfm)
@@ -160,9 +161,13 @@ static int ima_calc_field_array_hash_tfm(struct ima_field_data *field_data,
 		return rc;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < num_fields; i++) {
-		rc = crypto_shash_update(&desc.shash,
-					 (const u8 *) &field_data[i].len,
-					 sizeof(field_data[i].len));
+		if (strcmp(td->name, IMA_TEMPLATE_IMA_NAME) != 0) {
+			rc = crypto_shash_update(&desc.shash,
+						(const u8 *) &field_data[i].len,
+						sizeof(field_data[i].len));
+			if (rc)
+				break;
+		}
 		rc = crypto_shash_update(&desc.shash, field_data[i].data,
 					 field_data[i].len);
 		if (rc)
@@ -175,7 +180,8 @@ static int ima_calc_field_array_hash_tfm(struct ima_field_data *field_data,
 	return rc;
 }
 
-int ima_calc_field_array_hash(struct ima_field_data *field_data, int num_fields,
+int ima_calc_field_array_hash(struct ima_field_data *field_data,
+			      struct ima_template_desc *desc, int num_fields,
 			      struct ima_digest_data *hash)
 {
 	struct crypto_shash *tfm;
@@ -185,7 +191,8 @@ int ima_calc_field_array_hash(struct ima_field_data *field_data, int num_fields,
 	if (IS_ERR(tfm))
 		return PTR_ERR(tfm);
 
-	rc = ima_calc_field_array_hash_tfm(field_data, num_fields, hash, tfm);
+	rc = ima_calc_field_array_hash_tfm(field_data, desc, num_fields,
+					   hash, tfm);
 
 	ima_free_tfm(tfm);