diff --git a/security/selinux/ss/services.c b/security/selinux/ss/services.c
index b4aa491a0a23..60d9b0252321 100644
--- a/security/selinux/ss/services.c
+++ b/security/selinux/ss/services.c
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ static int selinux_set_mapping(struct policydb *pol,
 		}
 
 		k = 0;
-		while (p_in->perms && p_in->perms[k]) {
+		while (p_in->perms[k]) {
 			/* An empty permission string skips ahead */
 			if (!*p_in->perms[k]) {
 				k++;