diff --git a/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c b/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c
index 2d528f699a2297ed798a0d1c1a3d29a5e1cf524c..f7039937358837c608d53fc4c5862717fc7a97ea 100644
--- a/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c
+++ b/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c
@@ -1921,6 +1921,7 @@ 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))