diff --git a/security/apparmor/policy_unpack.c b/security/apparmor/policy_unpack.c
index 7012fd82f1bb19..633e778ec3692f 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/policy_unpack.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/policy_unpack.c
@@ -674,6 +674,10 @@ static struct aa_profile *unpack_profile(struct aa_ext *e, char **ns_name)
 
 	tmpname = aa_splitn_fqname(name, strlen(name), &tmpns, &ns_len);
 	if (tmpns) {
+		if (!tmpname) {
+			info = "empty profile name";
+			goto fail;
+		}
 		*ns_name = kstrndup(tmpns, ns_len, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!*ns_name) {
 			info = "out of memory";