diff --git a/security/selinux/ss/context.h b/security/selinux/ss/context.h
index 44179977f434..aed704b8c642 100644
--- a/security/selinux/ss/context.h
+++ b/security/selinux/ss/context.h
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ static inline int context_cpy(struct context *dst, const struct context *src)
 	if (rc) {
 		kfree(dst->str);
 		dst->str = NULL;
+		dst->len = 0;
 		return rc;
 	}
 	return 0;