diff --git a/security/apparmor/policy_unpack.c b/security/apparmor/policy_unpack.c
index 9f45d5513d2c..3643c058d6f8 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/policy_unpack.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/policy_unpack.c
@@ -1045,7 +1045,7 @@ static int unpack_pdb(struct aa_ext *e, struct aa_policydb **policy,
 	}
 
 	/* accept2 is in some cases being allocated, even with perms */
-	if (pdb->perms && !pdb->dfa->tables[YYTD_ID_ACCEPT2]) {
+	if (pdb->dfa && pdb->perms && !pdb->dfa->tables[YYTD_ID_ACCEPT2]) {
 		/* add dfa flags table missing in v2 */
 		u32 noents = pdb->dfa->tables[YYTD_ID_ACCEPT]->td_lolen;
 		u16 tdflags = pdb->dfa->tables[YYTD_ID_ACCEPT]->td_flags;