diff --git a/include/linux/ima.h b/include/linux/ima.h
index cfdd1280daff807646be2062aaf58a05622502fc..12738e37f714dc0e939708fbd8936f92f0071c64 100644
--- a/include/linux/ima.h
+++ b/include/linux/ima.h
@@ -234,7 +234,6 @@ struct ima_namespace {
 	struct integrity_iint_tree *iint_tree;
 	struct list_head ns_measurements;
 	atomic_long_t ml_len; /* number of stored measurements in the list */
-	atomic_long_t violations;
 } __randomize_layout;
 
 extern struct ima_namespace init_ima_ns;
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima.h b/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
index fce3fc0650278a8e75b15779f375e0256777223f..59d1afb3934dfb0476d431375f4917d911f3e63b 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ extern spinlock_t ima_htable_lock;
 
 struct ima_h_table {
 	atomic_long_t len;      /* number of stored measurements in the list */
+	atomic_long_t violations;
 	struct hlist_head queue[IMA_MEASURE_HTABLE_SIZE];
 };
 extern struct ima_h_table ima_htable;
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c
index 5921922d69303f024a56abfe2daecb2c5560b26f..6724ee072cd951a4b8d95b1b63cc389c55d84681 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ void ima_add_violation(struct file *file, const unsigned char *filename,
 	event_data.ns_id = get_ns_id(ima_ns);
 
 	/* can overflow, only indicator */
-	atomic_long_inc(&ima_ns->violations);
+	atomic_long_inc(&ima_htable.violations);
 
 	result = ima_alloc_init_template(&event_data, &entry, NULL);
 	if (result < 0) {
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_fs.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_fs.c
index bda35e2bb45c327491f27c82e0c7029dfa5a732f..b5d45a67a261bbeceb11505988e9d715b0e481d9 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_fs.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_fs.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ static ssize_t ima_show_htable_value(struct file *filp, char __user *buf,
 	struct ima_namespace *ima_ns = get_current_ns();
 
 	if (filp->f_path.dentry == violations)
-		val = &ima_ns->violations;
+		val = &ima_htable.violations;
 	else if (filp->f_path.dentry == runtime_measurements_count)
 		val = (ima_ns == &init_ima_ns) ? &ima_ml_len : &ima_ns->ml_len;
 #ifdef CONFIG_IMA_DIGEST_LIST
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ int __init ima_fs_init(void)
 		goto out;
 
 	violations =
-	    securityfs_create_file("violations", S_IRUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH,
+	    securityfs_create_file("violations", S_IRUSR | S_IRGRP,
 				   ima_dir, NULL, &ima_htable_value_ops);
 	if (IS_ERR(violations))
 		goto out;
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_init.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_init.c
index 923373a12f5c2d5fdb1f5af122f8b0bd97ab1e43..99b9643e6763d20f8227a748864d787ceeb149df 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_init.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_init.c
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ struct ima_namespace init_ima_ns = {
 	.iint_tree = &init_iint_tree,
 	.ns_measurements = LIST_HEAD_INIT(init_ima_ns.ns_measurements),
 	.ml_len = ATOMIC_LONG_INIT(0),
-	.violations = ATOMIC_LONG_INIT(0),
 };
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(init_ima_ns);
 
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_ns.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_ns.c
index 26c9bcd5ff7404a602fd1aeb9994c54e66c8087d..2a4b7a23f9a7d40ae80430aba6cfaf77c60e610f 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_ns.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_ns.c
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ static struct ima_namespace *clone_ima_ns(struct user_namespace *user_ns,
 	ns->ucounts = ucounts;
 	ns->frozen = false;
 	atomic_long_set(&ns->ml_len, 0);
-	atomic_long_set(&ns->violations, 0);
 
 	rwlock_init(&ns->iint_tree->lock);
 	ns->iint_tree->root = RB_ROOT;
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_queue.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_queue.c
index e9a88910d726abc8971d9814969eab48760ced1c..89b9c373489021f159a7e4bb690a40da74da3b6c 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_queue.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_queue.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ DEFINE_SPINLOCK(ima_htable_lock);
 /* key: inode (before secure-hashing a file) */
 struct ima_h_table ima_htable = {
 	.len = ATOMIC_LONG_INIT(0),
+	.violations = ATOMIC_LONG_INIT(0),
 	.queue[0 ... IMA_MEASURE_HTABLE_SIZE - 1] = HLIST_HEAD_INIT
 };