diff --git a/scripts/selinux/genheaders/genheaders.c b/scripts/selinux/genheaders/genheaders.c
index 544ca126a8a8..f355b3e0e968 100644
--- a/scripts/selinux/genheaders/genheaders.c
+++ b/scripts/selinux/genheaders/genheaders.c
@@ -67,8 +67,12 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	}
 
 	isids_len = sizeof(initial_sid_to_string) / sizeof (char *);
-	for (i = 1; i < isids_len; i++)
-		initial_sid_to_string[i] = stoupperx(initial_sid_to_string[i]);
+	for (i = 1; i < isids_len; i++) {
+		const char *s = initial_sid_to_string[i];
+
+		if (s)
+			initial_sid_to_string[i] = stoupperx(s);
+	}
 
 	fprintf(fout, "/* This file is automatically generated.  Do not edit. */\n");
 	fprintf(fout, "#ifndef _SELINUX_FLASK_H_\n#define _SELINUX_FLASK_H_\n\n");
@@ -82,7 +86,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	for (i = 1; i < isids_len; i++) {
 		const char *s = initial_sid_to_string[i];
-		fprintf(fout, "#define SECINITSID_%-39s %2d\n", s, i);
+		if (s)
+			fprintf(fout, "#define SECINITSID_%-39s %2d\n", s, i);
 	}
 	fprintf(fout, "\n#define SECINITSID_NUM %d\n", i-1);
 	fprintf(fout, "\nstatic inline bool security_is_socket_class(u16 kern_tclass)\n");
diff --git a/security/selinux/include/initial_sid_to_string.h b/security/selinux/include/initial_sid_to_string.h
index 4f93f697f71c..5d332aeb8b6c 100644
--- a/security/selinux/include/initial_sid_to_string.h
+++ b/security/selinux/include/initial_sid_to_string.h
@@ -1,34 +1,33 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
-/* This file is automatically generated.  Do not edit. */
 static const char *initial_sid_to_string[] =
 {
-    "null",
-    "kernel",
-    "security",
-    "unlabeled",
-    "fs",
-    "file",
-    "file_labels",
-    "init",
-    "any_socket",
-    "port",
-    "netif",
-    "netmsg",
-    "node",
-    "igmp_packet",
-    "icmp_socket",
-    "tcp_socket",
-    "sysctl_modprobe",
-    "sysctl",
-    "sysctl_fs",
-    "sysctl_kernel",
-    "sysctl_net",
-    "sysctl_net_unix",
-    "sysctl_vm",
-    "sysctl_dev",
-    "kmod",
-    "policy",
-    "scmp_packet",
-    "devnull",
+	NULL,
+	"kernel",
+	"security",
+	"unlabeled",
+	NULL,
+	"file",
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	"any_socket",
+	"port",
+	"netif",
+	"netmsg",
+	"node",
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	"devnull",
 };
 
diff --git a/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c b/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c
index 533ab170ad52..4781314c2510 100644
--- a/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c
+++ b/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c
@@ -1701,7 +1701,11 @@ static int sel_make_initcon_files(struct dentry *dir)
 	for (i = 1; i <= SECINITSID_NUM; i++) {
 		struct inode *inode;
 		struct dentry *dentry;
-		dentry = d_alloc_name(dir, security_get_initial_sid_context(i));
+		const char *s = security_get_initial_sid_context(i);
+
+		if (!s)
+			continue;
+		dentry = d_alloc_name(dir, s);
 		if (!dentry)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 
diff --git a/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c b/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c
index 7ca8c74efba3..7739369f5d9a 100644
--- a/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c
+++ b/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c
@@ -838,29 +838,28 @@ int policydb_load_isids(struct policydb *p, struct sidtab *s)
 
 	head = p->ocontexts[OCON_ISID];
 	for (c = head; c; c = c->next) {
-		rc = -EINVAL;
-		if (!c->context[0].user) {
-			pr_err("SELinux:  SID %s was never defined.\n",
-				c->u.name);
-			sidtab_destroy(s);
-			goto out;
-		}
-		if (c->sid[0] == SECSID_NULL || c->sid[0] > SECINITSID_NUM) {
-			pr_err("SELinux:  Initial SID %s out of range.\n",
-				c->u.name);
+		u32 sid = c->sid[0];
+		const char *name = security_get_initial_sid_context(sid);
+
+		if (sid == SECSID_NULL) {
+			pr_err("SELinux:  SID 0 was assigned a context.\n");
 			sidtab_destroy(s);
 			goto out;
 		}
+
+		/* Ignore initial SIDs unused by this kernel. */
+		if (!name)
+			continue;
+
 		rc = context_add_hash(p, &c->context[0]);
 		if (rc) {
 			sidtab_destroy(s);
 			goto out;
 		}
-
-		rc = sidtab_set_initial(s, c->sid[0], &c->context[0]);
+		rc = sidtab_set_initial(s, sid, &c->context[0]);
 		if (rc) {
 			pr_err("SELinux:  unable to load initial SID %s.\n",
-				c->u.name);
+			       name);
 			sidtab_destroy(s);
 			goto out;
 		}
diff --git a/security/selinux/ss/services.c b/security/selinux/ss/services.c
index f90e6550eec8..8ad34fd031d1 100644
--- a/security/selinux/ss/services.c
+++ b/security/selinux/ss/services.c
@@ -1322,23 +1322,22 @@ static int security_sid_to_context_core(struct selinux_state *state,
 	if (!selinux_initialized(state)) {
 		if (sid <= SECINITSID_NUM) {
 			char *scontextp;
+			const char *s = initial_sid_to_string[sid];
 
-			*scontext_len = strlen(initial_sid_to_string[sid]) + 1;
+			if (!s)
+				return -EINVAL;
+			*scontext_len = strlen(s) + 1;
 			if (!scontext)
-				goto out;
-			scontextp = kmemdup(initial_sid_to_string[sid],
-					    *scontext_len, GFP_ATOMIC);
-			if (!scontextp) {
-				rc = -ENOMEM;
-				goto out;
-			}
+				return 0;
+			scontextp = kmemdup(s, *scontext_len, GFP_ATOMIC);
+			if (!scontextp)
+				return -ENOMEM;
 			*scontext = scontextp;
-			goto out;
+			return 0;
 		}
 		pr_err("SELinux: %s:  called before initial "
 		       "load_policy on unknown SID %d\n", __func__, sid);
-		rc = -EINVAL;
-		goto out;
+		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 	read_lock(&state->ss->policy_rwlock);
 	policydb = &state->ss->policydb;
@@ -1362,7 +1361,6 @@ static int security_sid_to_context_core(struct selinux_state *state,
 
 out_unlock:
 	read_unlock(&state->ss->policy_rwlock);
-out:
 	return rc;
 
 }
@@ -1552,7 +1550,9 @@ static int security_context_to_sid_core(struct selinux_state *state,
 		int i;
 
 		for (i = 1; i < SECINITSID_NUM; i++) {
-			if (!strcmp(initial_sid_to_string[i], scontext2)) {
+			const char *s = initial_sid_to_string[i];
+
+			if (s && !strcmp(s, scontext2)) {
 				*sid = i;
 				goto out;
 			}