diff --git a/security/apparmor/apparmorfs.c b/security/apparmor/apparmorfs.c
index 280741fc0f5f..f6a3ecfadf80 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/apparmorfs.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/apparmorfs.c
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ static ssize_t policy_update(u32 mask, const char __user *buf, size_t size,
 	 */
 	error = aa_may_manage_policy(label, ns, mask);
 	if (error)
-		return error;
+		goto end_section;
 
 	data = aa_simple_write_to_buffer(buf, size, size, pos);
 	error = PTR_ERR(data);
@@ -462,6 +462,7 @@ static ssize_t policy_update(u32 mask, const char __user *buf, size_t size,
 		error = aa_replace_profiles(ns, label, mask, data);
 		aa_put_loaddata(data);
 	}
+end_section:
 	end_current_label_crit_section(label);
 
 	return error;