diff --git a/security/apparmor/policy.c b/security/apparmor/policy.c
index f503dcd3ac74..638b0d6753ef 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/policy.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/policy.c
@@ -659,6 +659,7 @@ struct aa_profile *aa_alloc_null(struct aa_profile *parent, const char *name,
 
 	/* TODO: ideally we should inherit abi from parent */
 	profile->label.flags |= FLAG_NULL;
+	profile->attach.xmatch = aa_get_pdb(nullpdb);
 	rules = list_first_entry(&profile->rules, typeof(*rules), list);
 	rules->file = aa_get_pdb(nullpdb);
 	rules->policy = aa_get_pdb(nullpdb);