diff --git a/security/apparmor/label.c b/security/apparmor/label.c
index c60244ed96db..3fd384d8c41a 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/label.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/label.c
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ void __aa_proxy_redirect(struct aa_label *orig, struct aa_label *new)
 	tmp = rcu_dereference_protected(orig->proxy->label,
 					&labels_ns(orig)->lock);
 	rcu_assign_pointer(orig->proxy->label, aa_get_label(new));
-	orig->flags |= FLAG_STALE;
+	__label_make_stale(orig);
 	aa_put_label(tmp);
 }