diff --git a/security/apparmor/label.c b/security/apparmor/label.c
index dae9152c75f2..fed6bd75fcc1 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/label.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/label.c
@@ -1754,7 +1754,7 @@ void aa_label_xaudit(struct audit_buffer *ab, struct aa_ns *ns,
 	if (!use_label_hname(ns, label, flags) ||
 	    display_mode(ns, label, flags)) {
 		len  = aa_label_asxprint(&name, ns, label, flags, gfp);
-		if (len == -1) {
+		if (len < 0) {
 			AA_DEBUG("label print error");
 			return;
 		}
@@ -1782,7 +1782,7 @@ void aa_label_seq_xprint(struct seq_file *f, struct aa_ns *ns,
 		int len;
 
 		len = aa_label_asxprint(&str, ns, label, flags, gfp);
-		if (len == -1) {
+		if (len < 0) {
 			AA_DEBUG("label print error");
 			return;
 		}
@@ -1805,7 +1805,7 @@ void aa_label_xprintk(struct aa_ns *ns, struct aa_label *label, int flags,
 		int len;
 
 		len = aa_label_asxprint(&str, ns, label, flags, gfp);
-		if (len == -1) {
+		if (len < 0) {
 			AA_DEBUG("label print error");
 			return;
 		}