diff --git a/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c b/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c
index 50fca204d3f1..cf9293e01fc1 100644
--- a/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c
+++ b/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c
@@ -163,6 +163,8 @@ static ssize_t sel_write_enforce(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 	if (sscanf(page, "%d", &new_value) != 1)
 		goto out;
 
+	new_value = !!new_value;
+
 	if (new_value != selinux_enforcing) {
 		length = task_has_security(current, SECURITY__SETENFORCE);
 		if (length)