diff --git a/security/selinux/ss/avtab.c b/security/selinux/ss/avtab.c
index 1d1ffe085b35..095b8cd24806 100644
--- a/security/selinux/ss/avtab.c
+++ b/security/selinux/ss/avtab.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
  *	Tuned number of hash slots for avtab to reduce memory usage
  */
 
+#include <linux/bitops.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/errno.h>
@@ -471,11 +472,7 @@ int avtab_read_item(struct avtab *a, void *fp, struct policydb *pol,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	set = 0;
-	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(spec_order); i++) {
-		if (key.specified & spec_order[i])
-			set++;
-	}
+	set = hweight16(key.specified & (AVTAB_XPERMS | AVTAB_TYPE | AVTAB_AV));
 	if (!set || set > 1) {
 		pr_err("SELinux:  avtab:  more than one specifier\n");
 		return -EINVAL;