diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima.h b/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
index cfc8b0887776..19769bf5f6ab 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ int template_desc_init_fields(const char *template_fmt,
 			      int *num_fields);
 struct ima_template_desc *ima_template_desc_current(void);
 struct ima_template_desc *lookup_template_desc(const char *name);
+bool ima_template_has_modsig(const struct ima_template_desc *ima_template);
 int ima_restore_measurement_entry(struct ima_template_entry *entry);
 int ima_restore_measurement_list(loff_t bufsize, void *buf);
 int ima_measurements_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v);
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c
index ca930e2ebc2c..65224474675b 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c
@@ -219,6 +219,14 @@ int ima_collect_measurement(struct integrity_iint_cache *iint,
 		char digest[IMA_MAX_DIGEST_SIZE];
 	} hash;
 
+	/*
+	 * Always collect the modsig, because IMA might have already collected
+	 * the file digest without collecting the modsig in a previous
+	 * measurement rule.
+	 */
+	if (modsig)
+		ima_collect_modsig(modsig, buf, size);
+
 	if (iint->flags & IMA_COLLECTED)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -252,9 +260,6 @@ int ima_collect_measurement(struct integrity_iint_cache *iint,
 	memcpy(iint->ima_hash, &hash, length);
 	iint->version = i_version;
 
-	if (modsig)
-		ima_collect_modsig(modsig, buf, size);
-
 	/* Possibly temporary failure due to type of read (eg. O_DIRECT) */
 	if (!result)
 		iint->flags |= IMA_COLLECTED;
@@ -304,7 +309,13 @@ void ima_store_measurement(struct integrity_iint_cache *iint,
 					     .modsig = modsig };
 	int violation = 0;
 
-	if (iint->measured_pcrs & (0x1 << pcr))
+	/*
+	 * We still need to store the measurement in the case of MODSIG because
+	 * we only have its contents to put in the list at the time of
+	 * appraisal, but a file measurement from earlier might already exist in
+	 * the measurement list.
+	 */
+	if (iint->measured_pcrs & (0x1 << pcr) && !modsig)
 		return;
 
 	result = ima_alloc_init_template(&event_data, &entry, template_desc);
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
index c87645c2c4c0..79c01516211b 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
@@ -307,9 +307,18 @@ static int process_measurement(struct file *file, const struct cred *cred,
 		/* read 'security.ima' */
 		xattr_len = ima_read_xattr(file_dentry(file), &xattr_value);
 
-		/* Read the appended modsig if allowed by the policy. */
-		if (iint->flags & IMA_MODSIG_ALLOWED)
-			ima_read_modsig(func, buf, size, &modsig);
+		/*
+		 * Read the appended modsig if allowed by the policy, and allow
+		 * an additional measurement list entry, if needed, based on the
+		 * template format and whether the file was already measured.
+		 */
+		if (iint->flags & IMA_MODSIG_ALLOWED) {
+			rc = ima_read_modsig(func, buf, size, &modsig);
+
+			if (!rc && ima_template_has_modsig(template_desc) &&
+			    iint->flags & IMA_MEASURED)
+				action |= IMA_MEASURE;
+		}
 	}
 
 	hash_algo = ima_get_hash_algo(xattr_value, xattr_len);
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_template.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_template.c
index 88d494ca6248..f5b950e0a955 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_template.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_template.c
@@ -58,6 +58,25 @@ static const struct ima_template_field supported_fields[] = {
 
 static struct ima_template_desc *ima_template;
 
+/**
+ * ima_template_has_modsig - Check whether template has modsig-related fields.
+ * @ima_template: IMA template to check.
+ *
+ * Tells whether the given template has fields referencing a file's appended
+ * signature.
+ */
+bool ima_template_has_modsig(const struct ima_template_desc *ima_template)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < ima_template->num_fields; i++)
+		if (!strcmp(ima_template->fields[i]->field_id, "modsig") ||
+		    !strcmp(ima_template->fields[i]->field_id, "d-modsig"))
+			return true;
+
+	return false;
+}
+
 static int __init ima_template_setup(char *str)
 {
 	struct ima_template_desc *template_desc;