diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_appraise.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_appraise.c
index d3113d4aaa3c3f41d0395f4b0862f37389b8997f..bd8cef5b67e4093ab58ace7690763dc730fb25ea 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_appraise.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_appraise.c
@@ -194,8 +194,11 @@ int ima_appraise_measurement(int func, struct integrity_iint_cache *iint,
 			goto out;
 
 		cause = "missing-hash";
-		status =
-		    (inode->i_size == 0) ? INTEGRITY_PASS : INTEGRITY_NOLABEL;
+		status = INTEGRITY_NOLABEL;
+		if (inode->i_size == 0) {
+			iint->flags |= IMA_NEW_FILE;
+			status = INTEGRITY_PASS;
+		}
 		goto out;
 	}
 
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
index 09baa335ebc79ed9c7054272dc38534e02c85175..e7745a07146d5793a7c0f5f7b9bcc0039df689b7 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
@@ -128,11 +128,13 @@ static void ima_check_last_writer(struct integrity_iint_cache *iint,
 		return;
 
 	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
-	if (atomic_read(&inode->i_writecount) == 1 &&
-	    iint->version != inode->i_version) {
-		iint->flags &= ~IMA_DONE_MASK;
-		if (iint->flags & IMA_APPRAISE)
-			ima_update_xattr(iint, file);
+	if (atomic_read(&inode->i_writecount) == 1) {
+		if ((iint->version != inode->i_version) ||
+		    (iint->flags & IMA_NEW_FILE)) {
+			iint->flags &= ~(IMA_DONE_MASK | IMA_NEW_FILE);
+			if (iint->flags & IMA_APPRAISE)
+				ima_update_xattr(iint, file);
+		}
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
 }
diff --git a/security/integrity/integrity.h b/security/integrity/integrity.h
index 33c0a70f6b15a66a7b024aa8fbb534d72c76c898..2f8715d77a5a4eddea3ec2fce139ad0822b4979d 100644
--- a/security/integrity/integrity.h
+++ b/security/integrity/integrity.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #define IMA_DIGSIG		0x01000000
 #define IMA_DIGSIG_REQUIRED	0x02000000
 #define IMA_PERMIT_DIRECTIO	0x04000000
+#define IMA_NEW_FILE		0x08000000
 
 #define IMA_DO_MASK		(IMA_MEASURE | IMA_APPRAISE | IMA_AUDIT | \
 				 IMA_APPRAISE_SUBMASK)