diff --git a/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c b/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c
index dc4011643b55..c0f498842129 100644
--- a/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c
+++ b/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c
@@ -1995,7 +1995,19 @@ static int filename_trans_read(struct policydb *p, void *fp)
 		if (rc)
 			goto out;
 
-		hashtab_insert(p->filename_trans, ft, otype);
+		rc = hashtab_insert(p->filename_trans, ft, otype);
+		if (rc) {
+			/*
+			 * Do not return -EEXIST to the caller, or the system
+			 * will not boot.
+			 */
+			if (rc != -EEXIST)
+				goto out;
+			/* But free memory to avoid memory leak. */
+			kfree(ft);
+			kfree(name);
+			kfree(otype);
+		}
 	}
 	hash_eval(p->filename_trans, "filenametr");
 	return 0;