diff --git a/security/apparmor/path.c b/security/apparmor/path.c
index 9d070a7c3ff..c31ce837fef 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/path.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/path.c
@@ -91,9 +91,8 @@ static int d_namespace_path(struct path *path, char *buf, int buflen,
 		}
 		path_put(&root);
 		connected = 0;
-	}
-
-	res = d_absolute_path(path, buf, buflen);
+	} else
+		res = d_absolute_path(path, buf, buflen);
 
 	*name = res;
 	/* handle error conditions - and still allow a partial path to