diff --git a/security/selinux/avc.c b/security/selinux/avc.c
index 7f9b5fac8779..b2ab60859832 100644
--- a/security/selinux/avc.c
+++ b/security/selinux/avc.c
@@ -927,7 +927,7 @@ int avc_has_perm_noaudit(u32 ssid, u32 tsid,
 	if (denied) {
 		if (flags & AVC_STRICT)
 			rc = -EACCES;
-		else if (!selinux_enforcing || security_permissive_sid(ssid))
+		else if (!selinux_enforcing || (avd->flags & AVD_FLAGS_PERMISSIVE))
 			avc_update_node(AVC_CALLBACK_GRANT, requested, ssid,
 					tsid, tclass, avd->seqno);
 		else
diff --git a/security/selinux/include/security.h b/security/selinux/include/security.h
index 5c3434f7626f..a7be3f01fb08 100644
--- a/security/selinux/include/security.h
+++ b/security/selinux/include/security.h
@@ -91,9 +91,11 @@ struct av_decision {
 	u32 auditallow;
 	u32 auditdeny;
 	u32 seqno;
+	u32 flags;
 };
 
-int security_permissive_sid(u32 sid);
+/* definitions of av_decision.flags */
+#define AVD_FLAGS_PERMISSIVE	0x0001
 
 int security_compute_av(u32 ssid, u32 tsid,
 	u16 tclass, u32 requested,
diff --git a/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c b/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c
index 2d5136ec3d54..8d4007fbe0e9 100644
--- a/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c
+++ b/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c
@@ -527,10 +527,10 @@ static ssize_t sel_write_access(struct file *file, char *buf, size_t size)
 		goto out2;
 
 	length = scnprintf(buf, SIMPLE_TRANSACTION_LIMIT,
-			  "%x %x %x %x %u",
+			  "%x %x %x %x %u %x",
 			  avd.allowed, 0xffffffff,
 			  avd.auditallow, avd.auditdeny,
-			  avd.seqno);
+			  avd.seqno, avd.flags);
 out2:
 	kfree(tcon);
 out:
diff --git a/security/selinux/ss/services.c b/security/selinux/ss/services.c
index deeec6c013ae..500e6f78e115 100644
--- a/security/selinux/ss/services.c
+++ b/security/selinux/ss/services.c
@@ -410,6 +410,7 @@ static int context_struct_compute_av(struct context *scontext,
 	avd->auditallow = 0;
 	avd->auditdeny = 0xffffffff;
 	avd->seqno = latest_granting;
+	avd->flags = 0;
 
 	/*
 	 * Check for all the invalid cases.
@@ -528,31 +529,6 @@ inval_class:
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/*
- * Given a sid find if the type has the permissive flag set
- */
-int security_permissive_sid(u32 sid)
-{
-	struct context *context;
-	u32 type;
-	int rc;
-
-	read_lock(&policy_rwlock);
-
-	context = sidtab_search(&sidtab, sid);
-	BUG_ON(!context);
-
-	type = context->type;
-	/*
-	 * we are intentionally using type here, not type-1, the 0th bit may
-	 * someday indicate that we are globally setting permissive in policy.
-	 */
-	rc = ebitmap_get_bit(&policydb.permissive_map, type);
-
-	read_unlock(&policy_rwlock);
-	return rc;
-}
-
 static int security_validtrans_handle_fail(struct context *ocontext,
 					   struct context *ncontext,
 					   struct context *tcontext,
@@ -767,6 +743,10 @@ int security_compute_av(u32 ssid,
 
 	rc = context_struct_compute_av(scontext, tcontext, tclass,
 				       requested, avd);
+
+	/* permissive domain? */
+	if (ebitmap_get_bit(&policydb.permissive_map, scontext->type))
+	    avd->flags |= AVD_FLAGS_PERMISSIVE;
 out:
 	read_unlock(&policy_rwlock);
 	return rc;