diff --git a/security/apparmor/policy_unpack.c b/security/apparmor/policy_unpack.c
index 1381206..96a8d71 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/policy_unpack.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/policy_unpack.c
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ static bool unpack_nameX(struct aa_ext *e, enum aa_code code, const char *name)
 		char *tag = NULL;
 		size_t size = unpack_u16_chunk(e, &tag);
 		/* if a name is specified it must match. otherwise skip tag */
-		if (name && (!size || strcmp(name, tag)))
+		if (name && (!size || tag[size-1] != '\0' || strcmp(name, tag)))
 			goto fail;
 	} else if (name) {
 		/* if a name is specified and there is no name tag fail */