diff --git a/security/selinux/ss/services.c b/security/selinux/ss/services.c
index ec62918521b1..cc043bc8fd4c 100644
--- a/security/selinux/ss/services.c
+++ b/security/selinux/ss/services.c
@@ -1318,14 +1318,11 @@ static int security_sid_to_context_core(struct selinux_state *state,
 		rc = -EINVAL;
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
-	if (only_invalid && !context->len) {
-		scontext = NULL;
-		scontext_len = 0;
+	if (only_invalid && !context->len)
 		rc = 0;
-	} else {
+	else
 		rc = context_struct_to_string(policydb, context, scontext,
 					      scontext_len);
-	}
 out_unlock:
 	read_unlock(&state->ss->policy_rwlock);
 out: