diff --git a/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c b/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c
index 82cfeab162174191d1de82ea55e88d4aa67caae0..2f15ab8534b2c1ed56f20b6db79a32e94c2686ad 100644
--- a/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c
+++ b/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c
@@ -1923,6 +1923,7 @@ static int filename_trans_read_helper_compat(struct policydb *p, void *fp)
 		if (unlikely(ebitmap_get_bit(&datum->stypes, stype - 1))) {
 			/* conflicting/duplicate rules are ignored */
 			datum = NULL;
+			rc = 0;
 			goto out;
 		}
 		if (likely(datum->otype == otype))