diff --git a/security/apparmor/policy_unpack.c b/security/apparmor/policy_unpack.c
index c600f4dd1783..2d5a1a007b06 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/policy_unpack.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/policy_unpack.c
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ static struct aa_dfa *unpack_dfa(struct aa_ext *e)
  */
 static bool unpack_trans_table(struct aa_ext *e, struct aa_profile *profile)
 {
-	void *pos = e->pos;
+	void *saved_pos = e->pos;
 
 	/* exec table is optional */
 	if (unpack_nameX(e, AA_STRUCT, "xtable")) {
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ static bool unpack_trans_table(struct aa_ext *e, struct aa_profile *profile)
 
 fail:
 	aa_free_domain_entries(&profile->file.trans);
-	e->pos = pos;
+	e->pos = saved_pos;
 	return 0;
 }