diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c
index 5380aca2b351..ee9aec5e98f0 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ static void ima_lsm_free_rule(struct ima_rule_entry *entry)
 static struct ima_rule_entry *ima_lsm_copy_rule(struct ima_rule_entry *entry)
 {
 	struct ima_rule_entry *nentry;
-	int i, result;
+	int i;
 
 	nentry = kmalloc(sizeof(*nentry), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!nentry)
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ static struct ima_rule_entry *ima_lsm_copy_rule(struct ima_rule_entry *entry)
 	memset(nentry->lsm, 0, FIELD_SIZEOF(struct ima_rule_entry, lsm));
 
 	for (i = 0; i < MAX_LSM_RULES; i++) {
-		if (!entry->lsm[i].rule)
+		if (!entry->lsm[i].args_p)
 			continue;
 
 		nentry->lsm[i].type = entry->lsm[i].type;
@@ -286,13 +286,13 @@ static struct ima_rule_entry *ima_lsm_copy_rule(struct ima_rule_entry *entry)
 		if (!nentry->lsm[i].args_p)
 			goto out_err;
 
-		result = security_filter_rule_init(nentry->lsm[i].type,
-						   Audit_equal,
-						   nentry->lsm[i].args_p,
-						   &nentry->lsm[i].rule);
-		if (result == -EINVAL)
-			pr_warn("ima: rule for LSM \'%d\' is undefined\n",
-				entry->lsm[i].type);
+		security_filter_rule_init(nentry->lsm[i].type,
+					  Audit_equal,
+					  nentry->lsm[i].args_p,
+					  &nentry->lsm[i].rule);
+		if (!nentry->lsm[i].rule)
+			pr_warn("rule for LSM \'%s\' is undefined\n",
+				(char *)entry->lsm[i].args_p);
 	}
 	return nentry;
 
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ static void ima_lsm_update_rules(void)
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(entry, e, &ima_policy_rules, list) {
 		needs_update = 0;
 		for (i = 0; i < MAX_LSM_RULES; i++) {
-			if (entry->lsm[i].rule) {
+			if (entry->lsm[i].args_p) {
 				needs_update = 1;
 				break;
 			}
@@ -339,8 +339,7 @@ static void ima_lsm_update_rules(void)
 
 		result = ima_lsm_update_rule(entry);
 		if (result) {
-			pr_err("ima: lsm rule update error %d\n",
-				result);
+			pr_err("lsm rule update error %d\n", result);
 			return;
 		}
 	}
@@ -357,7 +356,7 @@ int ima_lsm_policy_change(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long event,
 }
 
 /**
- * ima_match_rules - determine whether an inode matches the measure rule.
+ * ima_match_rules - determine whether an inode matches the policy rule.
  * @rule: a pointer to a rule
  * @inode: a pointer to an inode
  * @cred: a pointer to a credentials structure for user validation
@@ -415,9 +414,12 @@ static bool ima_match_rules(struct ima_rule_entry *rule, struct inode *inode,
 		int rc = 0;
 		u32 osid;
 
-		if (!rule->lsm[i].rule)
-			continue;
-
+		if (!rule->lsm[i].rule) {
+			if (!rule->lsm[i].args_p)
+				continue;
+			else
+				return false;
+		}
 		switch (i) {
 		case LSM_OBJ_USER:
 		case LSM_OBJ_ROLE:
@@ -822,8 +824,14 @@ static int ima_lsm_rule_init(struct ima_rule_entry *entry,
 					   entry->lsm[lsm_rule].args_p,
 					   &entry->lsm[lsm_rule].rule);
 	if (!entry->lsm[lsm_rule].rule) {
-		kfree(entry->lsm[lsm_rule].args_p);
-		return -EINVAL;
+		pr_warn("rule for LSM \'%s\' is undefined\n",
+			(char *)entry->lsm[lsm_rule].args_p);
+
+		if (ima_rules == &ima_default_rules) {
+			kfree(entry->lsm[lsm_rule].args_p);
+			result = -EINVAL;
+		} else
+			result = 0;
 	}
 
 	return result;