diff --git a/security/apparmor/policy_ns.c b/security/apparmor/policy_ns.c
index 351d3bab3a3d2565aa970fe7011453c8fb721ea4..62a3589c62ab624156c0c01eaa8cadd72276866a 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/policy_ns.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/policy_ns.c
@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@ static struct aa_ns *alloc_ns(const char *prefix, const char *name)
 	ns->unconfined->label.flags |= FLAG_IX_ON_NAME_ERROR |
 		FLAG_IMMUTIBLE | FLAG_NS_COUNT | FLAG_UNCONFINED;
 	ns->unconfined->mode = APPARMOR_UNCONFINED;
+	ns->unconfined->file.dfa = aa_get_dfa(nulldfa);
+	ns->unconfined->policy.dfa = aa_get_dfa(nulldfa);
 
 	/* ns and ns->unconfined share ns->unconfined refcount */
 	ns->unconfined->ns = ns;