1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/security/keys/keyring.c b/security/keys/keyring.c
index eadebb92986a..f81372f53dd7 100644
--- a/security/keys/keyring.c
+++ b/security/keys/keyring.c
@@ -661,9 +661,6 @@ static bool search_nested_keyrings(struct key *keyring,
         BUG_ON((ctx->flags & STATE_CHECKS) == 0 ||
                (ctx->flags & STATE_CHECKS) == STATE_CHECKS);
 
-        if (ctx->index_key.description)
-                ctx->index_key.desc_len = strlen(ctx->index_key.description);
-
         /* Check to see if this top-level keyring is what we are looking for
          * and whether it is valid or not.
          */
@@ -914,6 +911,7 @@ key_ref_t keyring_search(key_ref_t keyring,
         struct keyring_search_context ctx = {
                 .index_key.type         = type,
                 .index_key.description  = description,
+                .index_key.desc_len     = strlen(description),
                 .cred                   = current_cred(),
                 .match_data.cmp         = key_default_cmp,
                 .match_data.raw_data    = description,