diff --git a/security/integrity/iint.c b/security/integrity/iint.c
index 0a23e075e1d2..399641c3e846 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->version = 0;
 	iint->flags = 0UL;
+	iint->evm_status = INTEGRITY_UNKNOWN;
 	kmem_cache_free(iint_cache, iint);
 }