diff --git a/security/apparmor/label.c b/security/apparmor/label.c
index 59f1cc2557a7..470693239e64 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/label.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/label.c
@@ -1458,11 +1458,13 @@ static inline bool use_label_hname(struct aa_ns *ns, struct aa_label *label,
 /* helper macro for snprint routines */
 #define update_for_len(total, len, size, str)	\
 do {					\
+	size_t ulen = len;		\
+					\
 	AA_BUG(len < 0);		\
-	total += len;			\
-	len = min(len, size);		\
-	size -= len;			\
-	str += len;			\
+	total += ulen;			\
+	ulen = min(ulen, size);		\
+	size -= ulen;			\
+	str += ulen;			\
 } while (0)
 
 /**
@@ -1597,7 +1599,7 @@ int aa_label_snxprint(char *str, size_t size, struct aa_ns *ns,
 	struct aa_ns *prev_ns = NULL;
 	struct label_it i;
 	int count = 0, total = 0;
-	size_t len;
+	ssize_t len;
 
 	AA_BUG(!str && size != 0);
 	AA_BUG(!label);