diff --git a/security/apparmor/procattr.c b/security/apparmor/procattr.c
index ce40f15d4952..c07b6e8fd9c9 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/procattr.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/procattr.c
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ int aa_getprocattr(struct aa_label *label, char **string, bool newline)
 				FLAG_SHOW_MODE | FLAG_VIEW_SUBNS |
 				FLAG_HIDDEN_UNCONFINED);
 	if (len < 0) {
+		kfree(*string);
+		*string = NULL;
 		aa_put_ns(current_ns);
 		return len;
 	}