diff --git a/security/apparmor/policy.c b/security/apparmor/policy.c
index f44cd6ac9b7b..b0203b30db60 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/policy.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/policy.c
@@ -1373,9 +1373,10 @@ ssize_t aa_replace_profiles(struct aa_ns *policy_ns, struct aa_label *label,
 	mutex_unlock(&ns->lock);
 
 out:
+	aa_put_ns(ns);
+
 	ssize_t udata_sz = udata->size;
 
-	aa_put_ns(ns);
 	aa_put_profile_loaddata(udata);
 	kfree(ns_name);