diff --git a/security/apparmor/label.c b/security/apparmor/label.c
index 52b4ef14840d..c5b99b954580 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/label.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/label.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ static void free_proxy(struct aa_proxy *proxy)
 		/* p->label will not updated any more as p is dead */
 		aa_put_label(rcu_dereference_protected(proxy->label, true));
 		memset(proxy, 0, sizeof(*proxy));
-		proxy->label = (struct aa_label *) PROXY_POISON;
+		RCU_INIT_POINTER(proxy->label, (struct aa_label *)PROXY_POISON);
 		kfree(proxy);
 	}
 }