diff --git a/security/apparmor/include/lib.h b/security/apparmor/include/lib.h
index f44561b..95f4e73 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/include/lib.h
+++ b/security/apparmor/include/lib.h
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 	} while (0)
 
 /* Flag indicating whether initialization completed */
-extern int apparmor_initialized __initdata;
+extern int apparmor_initialized;
 
 /* fn's in lib */
 const char *skipn_spaces(const char *str, size_t n);
diff --git a/security/apparmor/lsm.c b/security/apparmor/lsm.c
index a93b701..36d8ced 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/lsm.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/lsm.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 #include "include/mount.h"
 
 /* Flag indicating whether initialization completed */
-int apparmor_initialized __initdata;
+int apparmor_initialized;
 
 DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct aa_buffers, aa_buffers);
 
@@ -1337,74 +1337,76 @@ __setup("apparmor=", apparmor_enabled_setup);
 /* set global flag turning off the ability to load policy */
 static int param_set_aalockpolicy(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
-	if (!policy_admin_capable(NULL))
+	if (!apparmor_enabled)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	if (apparmor_initialized && !policy_admin_capable(NULL))
 		return -EPERM;
 	return param_set_bool(val, kp);
 }
 
 static int param_get_aalockpolicy(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
-	if (!policy_view_capable(NULL))
-		return -EPERM;
 	if (!apparmor_enabled)
 		return -EINVAL;
+	if (apparmor_initialized && !policy_view_capable(NULL))
+		return -EPERM;
 	return param_get_bool(buffer, kp);
 }
 
 static int param_set_aabool(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
-	if (!policy_admin_capable(NULL))
-		return -EPERM;
 	if (!apparmor_enabled)
 		return -EINVAL;
+	if (apparmor_initialized && !policy_admin_capable(NULL))
+		return -EPERM;
 	return param_set_bool(val, kp);
 }
 
 static int param_get_aabool(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
-	if (!policy_view_capable(NULL))
-		return -EPERM;
 	if (!apparmor_enabled)
 		return -EINVAL;
+	if (apparmor_initialized && !policy_view_capable(NULL))
+		return -EPERM;
 	return param_get_bool(buffer, kp);
 }
 
 static int param_set_aauint(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
-	if (!policy_admin_capable(NULL))
-		return -EPERM;
 	if (!apparmor_enabled)
 		return -EINVAL;
+	if (apparmor_initialized && !policy_admin_capable(NULL))
+		return -EPERM;
 	return param_set_uint(val, kp);
 }
 
 static int param_get_aauint(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
-	if (!policy_view_capable(NULL))
-		return -EPERM;
 	if (!apparmor_enabled)
 		return -EINVAL;
+	if (apparmor_initialized && !policy_view_capable(NULL))
+		return -EPERM;
 	return param_get_uint(buffer, kp);
 }
 
 static int param_get_audit(char *buffer, struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
-	if (!policy_view_capable(NULL))
-		return -EPERM;
 	if (!apparmor_enabled)
 		return -EINVAL;
+	if (apparmor_initialized && !policy_view_capable(NULL))
+		return -EPERM;
 	return sprintf(buffer, "%s", audit_mode_names[aa_g_audit]);
 }
 
 static int param_set_audit(const char *val, struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
 	int i;
-	if (!policy_admin_capable(NULL))
-		return -EPERM;
 	if (!apparmor_enabled)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	if (!val)
 		return -EINVAL;
+	if (apparmor_initialized && !policy_admin_capable(NULL))
+		return -EPERM;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < AUDIT_MAX_INDEX; i++) {
 		if (strcmp(val, audit_mode_names[i]) == 0) {
@@ -1418,10 +1420,10 @@ static int param_set_audit(const char *val, struct kernel_param *kp)
 
 static int param_get_mode(char *buffer, struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
-	if (!policy_view_capable(NULL))
-		return -EPERM;
 	if (!apparmor_enabled)
 		return -EINVAL;
+	if (apparmor_initialized && !policy_view_capable(NULL))
+		return -EPERM;
 
 	return sprintf(buffer, "%s", aa_profile_mode_names[aa_g_profile_mode]);
 }
@@ -1429,12 +1431,12 @@ static int param_get_mode(char *buffer, struct kernel_param *kp)
 static int param_set_mode(const char *val, struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
 	int i;
-	if (!policy_admin_capable(NULL))
-		return -EPERM;
 	if (!apparmor_enabled)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	if (!val)
 		return -EINVAL;
+	if (apparmor_initialized && !policy_admin_capable(NULL))
+		return -EPERM;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < APPARMOR_MODE_NAMES_MAX_INDEX; i++) {
 		if (strcmp(val, aa_profile_mode_names[i]) == 0) {
