diff --git a/security/apparmor/apparmorfs.c b/security/apparmor/apparmorfs.c
index 280741fc0f5f..f6a3ecfadf80 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/apparmorfs.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/apparmorfs.c
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ static ssize_t policy_update(u32 mask, const char __user *buf, size_t size,
 	 */
 	error = aa_may_manage_policy(label, ns, mask);
 	if (error)
-		return error;
+		goto end_section;
 
 	data = aa_simple_write_to_buffer(buf, size, size, pos);
 	error = PTR_ERR(data);
@@ -462,6 +462,7 @@ static ssize_t policy_update(u32 mask, const char __user *buf, size_t size,
 		error = aa_replace_profiles(ns, label, mask, data);
 		aa_put_loaddata(data);
 	}
+end_section:
 	end_current_label_crit_section(label);
 
 	return error;
diff --git a/security/apparmor/audit.c b/security/apparmor/audit.c
index 5a98661a8b46..597732503815 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/audit.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/audit.c
@@ -197,8 +197,9 @@ int aa_audit_rule_init(u32 field, u32 op, char *rulestr, void **vrule)
 	rule->label = aa_label_parse(&root_ns->unconfined->label, rulestr,
 				     GFP_KERNEL, true, false);
 	if (IS_ERR(rule->label)) {
+		int err = PTR_ERR(rule->label);
 		aa_audit_rule_free(rule);
-		return PTR_ERR(rule->label);
+		return err;
 	}
 
 	*vrule = rule;
diff --git a/security/apparmor/domain.c b/security/apparmor/domain.c
index 6ceb74e0f789..a84ef030fbd7 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/domain.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/domain.c
@@ -1328,6 +1328,7 @@ int aa_change_profile(const char *fqname, int flags)
 		ctx->nnp = aa_get_label(label);
 
 	if (!fqname || !*fqname) {
+		aa_put_label(label);
 		AA_DEBUG("no profile name");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
@@ -1346,8 +1347,6 @@ int aa_change_profile(const char *fqname, int flags)
 			op = OP_CHANGE_PROFILE;
 	}
 
-	label = aa_get_current_label();
-
 	if (*fqname == '&') {
 		stack = true;
 		/* don't have label_parse() do stacking */