diff --git a/security/apparmor/policy.c b/security/apparmor/policy.c
index 4243b0c3f0e4..586b249d3b46 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/policy.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/policy.c
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ struct aa_profile *aa_new_null_profile(struct aa_profile *parent, bool hat,
 {
 	struct aa_profile *p, *profile;
 	const char *bname;
-	char *name;
+	char *name = NULL;
 
 	AA_BUG(!parent);
 
@@ -562,6 +562,7 @@ out:
 	return profile;
 
 fail:
+	kfree(name);
 	aa_free_profile(profile);
 	return NULL;
 }