diff --git a/security/integrity/evm/evm.h b/security/integrity/evm/evm.h
index 88bfe77efa1c..f5f12727771a 100644
--- a/security/integrity/evm/evm.h
+++ b/security/integrity/evm/evm.h
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
 
 #include "../integrity.h"
 
+#define EVM_INIT_HMAC	0x0001
+#define EVM_INIT_X509	0x0002
+
 extern int evm_initialized;
 extern char *evm_hmac;
 extern char *evm_hash;
diff --git a/security/integrity/evm/evm_crypto.c b/security/integrity/evm/evm_crypto.c
index 461f8d891579..2c3591eca989 100644
--- a/security/integrity/evm/evm_crypto.c
+++ b/security/integrity/evm/evm_crypto.c
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ static struct shash_desc *init_desc(char type)
 	struct shash_desc *desc;
 
 	if (type == EVM_XATTR_HMAC) {
+		if (!(evm_initialized & EVM_INIT_HMAC)) {
+			pr_err("HMAC key is not set\n");
+			return ERR_PTR(-ENOKEY);
+		}
 		tfm = &hmac_tfm;
 		algo = evm_hmac;
 	} else {
diff --git a/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c b/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c
index 519de0a0ba72..420d94da2793 100644
--- a/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c
+++ b/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c
@@ -475,7 +475,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(evm_inode_init_security);
 #ifdef CONFIG_EVM_LOAD_X509
 void __init evm_load_x509(void)
 {
-	integrity_load_x509(INTEGRITY_KEYRING_EVM, CONFIG_EVM_X509_PATH);
+	int rc;
+
+	rc = integrity_load_x509(INTEGRITY_KEYRING_EVM, CONFIG_EVM_X509_PATH);
+	if (!rc)
+		evm_initialized |= EVM_INIT_X509;
 }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/security/integrity/evm/evm_secfs.c b/security/integrity/evm/evm_secfs.c
index cf12a04717d3..3f775dfea868 100644
--- a/security/integrity/evm/evm_secfs.c
+++ b/security/integrity/evm/evm_secfs.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ static ssize_t evm_write_key(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 	char temp[80];
 	int i, error;
 
-	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN) || evm_initialized)
+	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN) || (evm_initialized & EVM_INIT_HMAC))
 		return -EPERM;
 
 	if (count >= sizeof(temp) || count == 0)
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ static ssize_t evm_write_key(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 
 	error = evm_init_key();
 	if (!error) {
-		evm_initialized = 1;
+		evm_initialized |= EVM_INIT_HMAC;
 		pr_info("initialized\n");
 	} else
 		pr_err("initialization failed\n");