diff --git a/xen/xsm/flask/ss/services.c b/xen/xsm/flask/ss/services.c
index 57beaafa9f..9e01e8f730 100644
--- a/xen/xsm/flask/ss/services.c
+++ b/xen/xsm/flask/ss/services.c
@@ -1428,6 +1428,7 @@ int security_load_policy(const void *data, size_t len)
     if ( sidtab_map(&sidtab, clone_sid, &newsidtab) )
     {
         rc = -ENOMEM;
+        sidtab_cancel_shutdown(&sidtab);
         goto err;
     }
 
diff --git a/xen/xsm/flask/ss/sidtab.c b/xen/xsm/flask/ss/sidtab.c
index 69fc3389b3..74fafba75b 100644
--- a/xen/xsm/flask/ss/sidtab.c
+++ b/xen/xsm/flask/ss/sidtab.c
@@ -320,3 +320,10 @@ void sidtab_shutdown(struct sidtab *s)
     s->shutdown = 1;
     SIDTAB_UNLOCK(s);
 }
+
+void sidtab_cancel_shutdown(struct sidtab *s)
+{
+    SIDTAB_LOCK(s);
+    s->shutdown = 0;
+    SIDTAB_UNLOCK(s);
+}
diff --git a/xen/xsm/flask/ss/sidtab.h b/xen/xsm/flask/ss/sidtab.h
index 0e48ec6eae..f664cbed60 100644
--- a/xen/xsm/flask/ss/sidtab.h
+++ b/xen/xsm/flask/ss/sidtab.h
@@ -49,5 +49,6 @@ void sidtab_hash_eval(struct sidtab *h, char *tag);
 void sidtab_destroy(struct sidtab *s);
 void sidtab_set(struct sidtab *dst, struct sidtab *src);
 void sidtab_shutdown(struct sidtab *s);
+void sidtab_cancel_shutdown(struct sidtab *s);
 
 #endif    /* _SS_SIDTAB_H_ */