1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/security/apparmor/lib.c b/security/apparmor/lib.c
index d6e1f2148398..d40bc592180d 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/lib.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/lib.c
@@ -45,8 +45,10 @@ char *aa_split_fqname(char *fqname, char **ns_name)
                 *ns_name = skip_spaces(&name[1]);
                 if (split) {
                         /* overwrite ':' with \0 */
-                        *split = 0;
-                        name = skip_spaces(split + 1);
+                        *split++ = 0;
+                        if (strncmp(split, "//", 2) == 0)
+                                split += 2;
+                        name = skip_spaces(split);
                 } else
                         /* a ns name without a following profile is allowed */
                         name = NULL;