diff --git a/security/apparmor/label.c b/security/apparmor/label.c
index 5f324d63ceaa..747a734a0824 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/label.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/label.c
@@ -1459,7 +1459,7 @@ bool aa_update_label_name(struct aa_ns *ns, struct aa_label *label, gfp_t gfp)
 	if (label->hname || labels_ns(label) != ns)
 		return res;
 
-	if (aa_label_acntsxprint(&name, ns, label, FLAGS_NONE, gfp) == -1)
+	if (aa_label_acntsxprint(&name, ns, label, FLAGS_NONE, gfp) < 0)
 		return res;
 
 	ls = labels_set(label);
@@ -1709,7 +1709,7 @@ int aa_label_asxprint(char **strp, struct aa_ns *ns, struct aa_label *label,
 
 /**
  * aa_label_acntsxprint - allocate a __counted string buffer and print label
- * @strp: buffer to write to. (MAY BE NULL if @size == 0)
+ * @strp: buffer to write to.
  * @ns: namespace profile is being viewed from
  * @label: label to view (NOT NULL)
  * @flags: flags controlling what label info is printed