diff --git a/security/apparmor/policy.c b/security/apparmor/policy.c
index 1739a9de9893..08620984d950 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/policy.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/policy.c
@@ -1378,13 +1378,15 @@ ssize_t aa_replace_profiles(struct aa_ns *policy_ns, struct aa_label *label,
 	mutex_unlock(&ns->lock);
 
 out:
+	ssize_t udata_sz = udata->size;
+
 	aa_put_ns(ns);
 	aa_put_profile_loaddata(udata);
 	kfree(ns_name);
 
 	if (error)
 		return error;
-	return udata->size;
+	return udata_sz;
 
 fail_lock:
 	mutex_unlock(&ns->lock);