diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
index 659c4a81e897..47ad4db925cf 100644
--- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
+++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ static int __inode_security_revalidate(struct inode *inode,
 
 	might_sleep_if(may_sleep);
 
-	if (selinux_state.initialized &&
+	if (selinux_initialized(&selinux_state) &&
 	    isec->initialized != LABEL_INITIALIZED) {
 		if (!may_sleep)
 			return -ECHILD;
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ static int selinux_set_mnt_opts(struct super_block *sb,
 
 	mutex_lock(&sbsec->lock);
 
-	if (!selinux_state.initialized) {
+	if (!selinux_initialized(&selinux_state)) {
 		if (!opts) {
 			/* Defer initialization until selinux_complete_init,
 			   after the initial policy is loaded and the security
@@ -928,7 +928,7 @@ static int selinux_sb_clone_mnt_opts(const struct super_block *oldsb,
 	 * if the parent was able to be mounted it clearly had no special lsm
 	 * mount options.  thus we can safely deal with this superblock later
 	 */
-	if (!selinux_state.initialized)
+	if (!selinux_initialized(&selinux_state))
 		return 0;
 
 	/*
@@ -1103,7 +1103,7 @@ static int selinux_sb_show_options(struct seq_file *m, struct super_block *sb)
 	if (!(sbsec->flags & SE_SBINITIALIZED))
 		return 0;
 
-	if (!selinux_state.initialized)
+	if (!selinux_initialized(&selinux_state))
 		return 0;
 
 	if (sbsec->flags & FSCONTEXT_MNT) {
@@ -2920,7 +2920,8 @@ static int selinux_inode_init_security(struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir,
 		isec->initialized = LABEL_INITIALIZED;
 	}
 
-	if (!selinux_state.initialized || !(sbsec->flags & SBLABEL_MNT))
+	if (!selinux_initialized(&selinux_state) ||
+	    !(sbsec->flags & SBLABEL_MNT))
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
 	if (name)
@@ -3143,7 +3144,7 @@ static int selinux_inode_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
 		return dentry_has_perm(current_cred(), dentry, FILE__SETATTR);
 	}
 
-	if (!selinux_state.initialized)
+	if (!selinux_initialized(&selinux_state))
 		return (inode_owner_or_capable(inode) ? 0 : -EPERM);
 
 	sbsec = inode->i_sb->s_security;
@@ -3229,7 +3230,7 @@ static void selinux_inode_post_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
 		return;
 	}
 
-	if (!selinux_state.initialized) {
+	if (!selinux_initialized(&selinux_state)) {
 		/* If we haven't even been initialized, then we can't validate
 		 * against a policy, so leave the label as invalid. It may
 		 * resolve to a valid label on the next revalidation try if
@@ -7304,17 +7305,17 @@ static void selinux_nf_ip_exit(void)
 #ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX_DISABLE
 int selinux_disable(struct selinux_state *state)
 {
-	if (state->initialized) {
+	if (selinux_initialized(state)) {
 		/* Not permitted after initial policy load. */
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	if (state->disabled) {
+	if (selinux_disabled(state)) {
 		/* Only do this once. */
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	state->disabled = 1;
+	selinux_mark_disabled(state);
 
 	pr_info("SELinux:  Disabled at runtime.\n");
 
diff --git a/security/selinux/include/security.h b/security/selinux/include/security.h
index ecdd610e6449..a39f9565d80b 100644
--- a/security/selinux/include/security.h
+++ b/security/selinux/include/security.h
@@ -117,15 +117,27 @@ void selinux_avc_init(struct selinux_avc **avc);
 
 extern struct selinux_state selinux_state;
 
+static inline bool selinux_initialized(const struct selinux_state *state)
+{
+	/* do a synchronized load to avoid race conditions */
+	return smp_load_acquire(&state->initialized);
+}
+
+static inline void selinux_mark_initialized(struct selinux_state *state)
+{
+	/* do a synchronized write to avoid race conditions */
+	smp_store_release(&state->initialized, true);
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX_DEVELOP
 static inline bool enforcing_enabled(struct selinux_state *state)
 {
-	return state->enforcing;
+	return READ_ONCE(state->enforcing);
 }
 
 static inline void enforcing_set(struct selinux_state *state, bool value)
 {
-	state->enforcing = value;
+	WRITE_ONCE(state->enforcing, value);
 }
 #else
 static inline bool enforcing_enabled(struct selinux_state *state)
@@ -138,6 +150,23 @@ static inline void enforcing_set(struct selinux_state *state, bool value)
 }
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX_DISABLE
+static inline bool selinux_disabled(struct selinux_state *state)
+{
+	return READ_ONCE(state->disabled);
+}
+
+static inline void selinux_mark_disabled(struct selinux_state *state)
+{
+	WRITE_ONCE(state->disabled, true);
+}
+#else
+static inline bool selinux_disabled(struct selinux_state *state)
+{
+	return false;
+}
+#endif
+
 static inline bool selinux_policycap_netpeer(void)
 {
 	struct selinux_state *state = &selinux_state;
diff --git a/security/selinux/ss/services.c b/security/selinux/ss/services.c
index 55cf42945cba..0e8b94e8e156 100644
--- a/security/selinux/ss/services.c
+++ b/security/selinux/ss/services.c
@@ -767,7 +767,7 @@ static int security_compute_validatetrans(struct selinux_state *state,
 	int rc = 0;
 
 
-	if (!state->initialized)
+	if (!selinux_initialized(state))
 		return 0;
 
 	read_lock(&state->ss->policy_rwlock);
@@ -868,7 +868,7 @@ int security_bounded_transition(struct selinux_state *state,
 	int index;
 	int rc;
 
-	if (!state->initialized)
+	if (!selinux_initialized(state))
 		return 0;
 
 	read_lock(&state->ss->policy_rwlock);
@@ -1027,7 +1027,7 @@ void security_compute_xperms_decision(struct selinux_state *state,
 	memset(xpermd->dontaudit->p, 0, sizeof(xpermd->dontaudit->p));
 
 	read_lock(&state->ss->policy_rwlock);
-	if (!state->initialized)
+	if (!selinux_initialized(state))
 		goto allow;
 
 	policydb = &state->ss->policydb;
@@ -1112,7 +1112,7 @@ void security_compute_av(struct selinux_state *state,
 	read_lock(&state->ss->policy_rwlock);
 	avd_init(state, avd);
 	xperms->len = 0;
-	if (!state->initialized)
+	if (!selinux_initialized(state))
 		goto allow;
 
 	policydb = &state->ss->policydb;
@@ -1166,7 +1166,7 @@ void security_compute_av_user(struct selinux_state *state,
 
 	read_lock(&state->ss->policy_rwlock);
 	avd_init(state, avd);
-	if (!state->initialized)
+	if (!selinux_initialized(state))
 		goto allow;
 
 	policydb = &state->ss->policydb;
@@ -1286,7 +1286,7 @@ int security_sidtab_hash_stats(struct selinux_state *state, char *page)
 {
 	int rc;
 
-	if (!state->initialized) {
+	if (!selinux_initialized(state)) {
 		pr_err("SELinux: %s:  called before initial load_policy\n",
 		       __func__);
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -1320,7 +1320,7 @@ static int security_sid_to_context_core(struct selinux_state *state,
 		*scontext = NULL;
 	*scontext_len  = 0;
 
-	if (!state->initialized) {
+	if (!selinux_initialized(state)) {
 		if (sid <= SECINITSID_NUM) {
 			char *scontextp;
 
@@ -1549,7 +1549,7 @@ static int security_context_to_sid_core(struct selinux_state *state,
 	if (!scontext2)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	if (!state->initialized) {
+	if (!selinux_initialized(state)) {
 		int i;
 
 		for (i = 1; i < SECINITSID_NUM; i++) {
@@ -1736,7 +1736,7 @@ static int security_compute_sid(struct selinux_state *state,
 	int rc = 0;
 	bool sock;
 
-	if (!state->initialized) {
+	if (!selinux_initialized(state)) {
 		switch (orig_tclass) {
 		case SECCLASS_PROCESS: /* kernel value */
 			*out_sid = ssid;
@@ -2198,7 +2198,7 @@ int security_load_policy(struct selinux_state *state, void *data, size_t len)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (!state->initialized) {
+	if (!selinux_initialized(state)) {
 		rc = policydb_read(policydb, fp);
 		if (rc) {
 			kfree(newsidtab);
@@ -2223,7 +2223,7 @@ int security_load_policy(struct selinux_state *state, void *data, size_t len)
 
 		state->ss->sidtab = newsidtab;
 		security_load_policycaps(state);
-		state->initialized = 1;
+		selinux_mark_initialized(state);
 		seqno = ++state->ss->latest_granting;
 		selinux_complete_init();
 		avc_ss_reset(state->avc, seqno);
@@ -2639,7 +2639,7 @@ int security_get_user_sids(struct selinux_state *state,
 	*sids = NULL;
 	*nel = 0;
 
-	if (!state->initialized)
+	if (!selinux_initialized(state))
 		goto out;
 
 	read_lock(&state->ss->policy_rwlock);
@@ -2875,7 +2875,7 @@ int security_get_bools(struct selinux_state *state,
 	struct policydb *policydb;
 	int i, rc;
 
-	if (!state->initialized) {
+	if (!selinux_initialized(state)) {
 		*len = 0;
 		*names = NULL;
 		*values = NULL;
@@ -3050,7 +3050,7 @@ int security_sid_mls_copy(struct selinux_state *state,
 	int rc;
 
 	rc = 0;
-	if (!state->initialized || !policydb->mls_enabled) {
+	if (!selinux_initialized(state) || !policydb->mls_enabled) {
 		*new_sid = sid;
 		goto out;
 	}
@@ -3217,7 +3217,7 @@ int security_get_classes(struct selinux_state *state,
 	struct policydb *policydb = &state->ss->policydb;
 	int rc;
 
-	if (!state->initialized) {
+	if (!selinux_initialized(state)) {
 		*nclasses = 0;
 		*classes = NULL;
 		return 0;
@@ -3366,7 +3366,7 @@ int selinux_audit_rule_init(u32 field, u32 op, char *rulestr, void **vrule)
 
 	*rule = NULL;
 
-	if (!state->initialized)
+	if (!selinux_initialized(state))
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
 	switch (field) {
@@ -3665,7 +3665,7 @@ int security_netlbl_secattr_to_sid(struct selinux_state *state,
 	struct context *ctx;
 	struct context ctx_new;
 
-	if (!state->initialized) {
+	if (!selinux_initialized(state)) {
 		*sid = SECSID_NULL;
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -3732,7 +3732,7 @@ int security_netlbl_sid_to_secattr(struct selinux_state *state,
 	int rc;
 	struct context *ctx;
 
-	if (!state->initialized)
+	if (!selinux_initialized(state))
 		return 0;
 
 	read_lock(&state->ss->policy_rwlock);
@@ -3771,7 +3771,7 @@ int security_read_policy(struct selinux_state *state,
 	int rc;
 	struct policy_file fp;
 
-	if (!state->initialized)
+	if (!selinux_initialized(state))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	*len = security_policydb_len(state);
