diff --git a/security/selinux/ss/services.c b/security/selinux/ss/services.c
index 27ee28ccf2669ac28e17abf4975b4665f10c9e78..7eb69a602d8fbe83b7b7bf2f59a38a8a85f4bc81 100644
--- a/security/selinux/ss/services.c
+++ b/security/selinux/ss/services.c
@@ -1841,7 +1841,7 @@ int security_sid_mls_copy(u32 sid, u32 mls_sid, u32 *new_sid)
 	u32 len;
 	int rc = 0;
 
-	if (!ss_initialized) {
+	if (!ss_initialized || !selinux_mls_enabled) {
 		*new_sid = sid;
 		goto out;
 	}