diff --git a/security/apparmor/policy.c b/security/apparmor/policy.c
index f1f7506a464d..7f3f455d8eab 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/policy.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/policy.c
@@ -903,6 +903,10 @@ struct aa_profile *aa_lookup_profile(struct aa_namespace *ns, const char *hname)
 	profile = aa_get_profile(__lookup_profile(&ns->base, hname));
 	read_unlock(&ns->lock);
 
+	/* the unconfined profile is not in the regular profile list */
+	if (!profile && strcmp(hname, "unconfined") == 0)
+		profile = aa_get_profile(ns->unconfined);
+
 	/* refcount released by caller */
 	return profile;
 }