diff --git a/security/apparmor/include/lib.h b/security/apparmor/include/lib.h
index 65ff492a98079254b53cf7cf4630d1990d78e03e..0291ff3902f900e16882cf179e7dab7516fd1ecb 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/include/lib.h
+++ b/security/apparmor/include/lib.h
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 	pr_err_ratelimited("AppArmor: " fmt, ##args)
 
 /* Flag indicating whether initialization completed */
-extern int apparmor_initialized __initdata;
+extern int apparmor_initialized;
 
 /* fn's in lib */
 char *aa_split_fqname(char *args, char **ns_name);
diff --git a/security/apparmor/lsm.c b/security/apparmor/lsm.c
index 4aa944794c7bf566f29707e4a6d7e3b9ab3af2b8..35444c8e90642fc75366810ec75fd3456459ae9d 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/lsm.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/lsm.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 #include "include/procattr.h"
 
 /* Flag indicating whether initialization completed */
-int apparmor_initialized __initdata;
+int apparmor_initialized;
 
 DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct aa_buffers, aa_buffers);
 
@@ -738,78 +738,77 @@ __setup("apparmor=", apparmor_enabled_setup);
 /* set global flag turning off the ability to load policy */
 static int param_set_aalockpolicy(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
-	if (!policy_admin_capable(NULL))
+	if (!apparmor_enabled)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	if (apparmor_initialized && !policy_admin_capable(NULL))
 		return -EPERM;
 	return param_set_bool(val, kp);
 }
 
 static int param_get_aalockpolicy(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
-	if (!policy_view_capable(NULL))
-		return -EPERM;
 	if (!apparmor_enabled)
 		return -EINVAL;
+	if (apparmor_initialized && !policy_view_capable(NULL))
+		return -EPERM;
 	return param_get_bool(buffer, kp);
 }
 
 static int param_set_aabool(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
-	if (!policy_admin_capable(NULL))
-		return -EPERM;
 	if (!apparmor_enabled)
 		return -EINVAL;
+	if (apparmor_initialized && !policy_admin_capable(NULL))
+		return -EPERM;
 	return param_set_bool(val, kp);
 }
 
 static int param_get_aabool(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
-	if (!policy_view_capable(NULL))
-		return -EPERM;
 	if (!apparmor_enabled)
 		return -EINVAL;
+	if (apparmor_initialized && !policy_view_capable(NULL))
+		return -EPERM;
 	return param_get_bool(buffer, kp);
 }
 
 static int param_set_aauint(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
-	if (!policy_admin_capable(NULL))
-		return -EPERM;
 	if (!apparmor_enabled)
 		return -EINVAL;
+	if (apparmor_initialized && !policy_admin_capable(NULL))
+		return -EPERM;
 	return param_set_uint(val, kp);
 }
 
 static int param_get_aauint(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
-	if (!policy_view_capable(NULL))
-		return -EPERM;
 	if (!apparmor_enabled)
 		return -EINVAL;
+	if (apparmor_initialized && !policy_view_capable(NULL))
+		return -EPERM;
 	return param_get_uint(buffer, kp);
 }
 
 static int param_get_audit(char *buffer, struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
-	if (!policy_view_capable(NULL))
-		return -EPERM;
-
 	if (!apparmor_enabled)
 		return -EINVAL;
-
+	if (apparmor_initialized && !policy_view_capable(NULL))
+		return -EPERM;
 	return sprintf(buffer, "%s", audit_mode_names[aa_g_audit]);
 }
 
 static int param_set_audit(const char *val, struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
 	int i;
-	if (!policy_admin_capable(NULL))
-		return -EPERM;
 
 	if (!apparmor_enabled)
 		return -EINVAL;
-
 	if (!val)
 		return -EINVAL;
+	if (apparmor_initialized && !policy_admin_capable(NULL))
+		return -EPERM;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < AUDIT_MAX_INDEX; i++) {
 		if (strcmp(val, audit_mode_names[i]) == 0) {
@@ -823,11 +822,10 @@ static int param_set_audit(const char *val, struct kernel_param *kp)
 
 static int param_get_mode(char *buffer, struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
-	if (!policy_view_capable(NULL))
-		return -EPERM;
-
 	if (!apparmor_enabled)
 		return -EINVAL;
+	if (apparmor_initialized && !policy_view_capable(NULL))
+		return -EPERM;
 
 	return sprintf(buffer, "%s", aa_profile_mode_names[aa_g_profile_mode]);
 }
@@ -835,14 +833,13 @@ static int param_get_mode(char *buffer, struct kernel_param *kp)
 static int param_set_mode(const char *val, struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
 	int i;
-	if (!policy_admin_capable(NULL))
-		return -EPERM;
 
 	if (!apparmor_enabled)
 		return -EINVAL;
-
 	if (!val)
 		return -EINVAL;
+	if (apparmor_initialized && !policy_admin_capable(NULL))
+		return -EPERM;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < APPARMOR_MODE_NAMES_MAX_INDEX; i++) {
 		if (strcmp(val, aa_profile_mode_names[i]) == 0) {