diff --git a/security/integrity/iint.c b/security/integrity/iint.c
index bc54c16ff8ac..7ea39b19e8ad 100644
--- a/security/integrity/iint.c
+++ b/security/integrity/iint.c
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ static void iint_free(struct integrity_iint_cache *iint)
 	iint->ima_hash = NULL;
 	iint->version = 0;
 	iint->flags = 0UL;
+	iint->atomic_flags = 0UL;
 	iint->ima_file_status = INTEGRITY_UNKNOWN;
 	iint->ima_mmap_status = INTEGRITY_UNKNOWN;
 	iint->ima_bprm_status = INTEGRITY_UNKNOWN;