1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/security/apparmor/apparmorfs.c b/security/apparmor/apparmorfs.c
index 95c2b2689a03..7db9954f1af2 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/apparmorfs.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/apparmorfs.c
@@ -580,15 +580,13 @@ static struct aa_namespace *__next_namespace(struct aa_namespace *root,
 
         /* check if the next ns is a sibling, parent, gp, .. */
         parent = ns->parent;
-        while (parent) {
+        while (ns != root) {
                 mutex_unlock(&ns->lock);
                 next = list_entry_next(ns, base.list);
                 if (!list_entry_is_head(next, &parent->sub_ns, base.list)) {
                         mutex_lock(&next->lock);
                         return next;
                 }
-                if (parent == root)
-                        return NULL;
                 ns = parent;
                 parent = parent->parent;
         }