diff --git a/security/apparmor/label.c b/security/apparmor/label.c
index ba3987242282..676eebcbfd68 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/label.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/label.c
@@ -311,8 +311,6 @@ int aa_vec_unique(struct aa_profile **vec, int n, int flags)
 
 static void label_destroy(struct aa_label *label)
 {
-	struct aa_label *tmp;
-
 	AA_BUG(!label);
 
 	if (!label_isprofile(label)) {
@@ -333,10 +331,6 @@ static void label_destroy(struct aa_label *label)
 
 	aa_free_secid(label->secid);
 
-	tmp = rcu_dereference_protected(label->proxy->label, true);
-	if (tmp == label)
-		rcu_assign_pointer(label->proxy->label, NULL);
-
 	aa_put_proxy(label->proxy);
 	label->proxy = (struct aa_proxy *) PROXY_POISON + 1;
 }