diff --git a/security/apparmor/policy_unpack.c b/security/apparmor/policy_unpack.c
index 005a705346f0..8cfc9493eefc 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/policy_unpack.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/policy_unpack.c
@@ -219,16 +219,21 @@ static void *kvmemdup(const void *src, size_t len)
 static size_t unpack_u16_chunk(struct aa_ext *e, char **chunk)
 {
 	size_t size = 0;
+	void *pos = e->pos;
 
 	if (!inbounds(e, sizeof(u16)))
-		return 0;
+		goto fail;
 	size = le16_to_cpu(get_unaligned((__le16 *) e->pos));
 	e->pos += sizeof(__le16);
 	if (!inbounds(e, size))
-		return 0;
+		goto fail;
 	*chunk = e->pos;
 	e->pos += size;
 	return size;
+
+fail:
+	e->pos = pos;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /* unpack control byte */
@@ -290,62 +295,84 @@ static bool unpack_nameX(struct aa_ext *e, enum aa_code code, const char *name)
 
 static bool unpack_u8(struct aa_ext *e, u8 *data, const char *name)
 {
+	void *pos = e->pos;
+
 	if (unpack_nameX(e, AA_U8, name)) {
 		if (!inbounds(e, sizeof(u8)))
-			return 0;
+			goto fail;
 		if (data)
 			*data = get_unaligned((u8 *)e->pos);
 		e->pos += sizeof(u8);
 		return 1;
 	}
+
+fail:
+	e->pos = pos;
 	return 0;
 }
 
 static bool unpack_u32(struct aa_ext *e, u32 *data, const char *name)
 {
+	void *pos = e->pos;
+
 	if (unpack_nameX(e, AA_U32, name)) {
 		if (!inbounds(e, sizeof(u32)))
-			return 0;
+			goto fail;
 		if (data)
 			*data = le32_to_cpu(get_unaligned((__le32 *) e->pos));
 		e->pos += sizeof(u32);
 		return 1;
 	}
+
+fail:
+	e->pos = pos;
 	return 0;
 }
 
 static bool unpack_u64(struct aa_ext *e, u64 *data, const char *name)
 {
+	void *pos = e->pos;
+
 	if (unpack_nameX(e, AA_U64, name)) {
 		if (!inbounds(e, sizeof(u64)))
-			return 0;
+			goto fail;
 		if (data)
 			*data = le64_to_cpu(get_unaligned((__le64 *) e->pos));
 		e->pos += sizeof(u64);
 		return 1;
 	}
+
+fail:
+	e->pos = pos;
 	return 0;
 }
 
 static size_t unpack_array(struct aa_ext *e, const char *name)
 {
+	void *pos = e->pos;
+
 	if (unpack_nameX(e, AA_ARRAY, name)) {
 		int size;
 		if (!inbounds(e, sizeof(u16)))
-			return 0;
+			goto fail;
 		size = (int)le16_to_cpu(get_unaligned((__le16 *) e->pos));
 		e->pos += sizeof(u16);
 		return size;
 	}
+
+fail:
+	e->pos = pos;
 	return 0;
 }
 
 static size_t unpack_blob(struct aa_ext *e, char **blob, const char *name)
 {
+	void *pos = e->pos;
+
 	if (unpack_nameX(e, AA_BLOB, name)) {
 		u32 size;
 		if (!inbounds(e, sizeof(u32)))
-			return 0;
+			goto fail;
 		size = le32_to_cpu(get_unaligned((__le32 *) e->pos));
 		e->pos += sizeof(u32);
 		if (inbounds(e, (size_t) size)) {
@@ -354,6 +381,9 @@ static size_t unpack_blob(struct aa_ext *e, char **blob, const char *name)
 			return size;
 		}
 	}
+
+fail:
+	e->pos = pos;
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -370,9 +400,10 @@ static int unpack_str(struct aa_ext *e, const char **string, const char *name)
 			if (src_str[size - 1] != 0)
 				goto fail;
 			*string = src_str;
+
+			return size;
 		}
 	}
-	return size;
 
 fail:
 	e->pos = pos;