diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
index b332e2cc0954..e294b86c8d88 100644
--- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
+++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
@@ -1418,15 +1418,33 @@ static int inode_doinit_with_dentry(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *opt_dent
 		isec->sid = sbsec->sid;
 
 		if ((sbsec->flags & SE_SBPROC) && !S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode)) {
-			if (opt_dentry) {
-				isec->sclass = inode_mode_to_security_class(inode->i_mode);
-				rc = selinux_proc_get_sid(opt_dentry,
-							  isec->sclass,
-							  &sid);
-				if (rc)
-					goto out_unlock;
-				isec->sid = sid;
-			}
+			/* We must have a dentry to determine the label on
+			 * procfs inodes */
+			if (opt_dentry)
+				/* Called from d_instantiate or
+				 * d_splice_alias. */
+				dentry = dget(opt_dentry);
+			else
+				/* Called from selinux_complete_init, try to
+				 * find a dentry. */
+				dentry = d_find_alias(inode);
+			/*
+			 * This can be hit on boot when a file is accessed
+			 * before the policy is loaded.  When we load policy we
+			 * may find inodes that have no dentry on the
+			 * sbsec->isec_head list.  No reason to complain as
+			 * these will get fixed up the next time we go through
+			 * inode_doinit() with a dentry, before these inodes
+			 * could be used again by userspace.
+			 */
+			if (!dentry)
+				goto out_unlock;
+			isec->sclass = inode_mode_to_security_class(inode->i_mode);
+			rc = selinux_proc_get_sid(dentry, isec->sclass, &sid);
+			dput(dentry);
+			if (rc)
+				goto out_unlock;
+			isec->sid = sid;
 		}
 		break;
 	}