diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
index 40d06c533f89..3ae9bec5a508 100644
--- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
+++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
@@ -998,8 +998,12 @@ static int selinux_sb_show_options(struct seq_file *m, struct super_block *sb)
 	int rc;
 
 	rc = selinux_get_mnt_opts(sb, &opts);
-	if (rc)
+	if (rc) {
+		/* before policy load we may get EINVAL, don't show anything */
+		if (rc == -EINVAL)
+			rc = 0;
 		return rc;
+	}
 
 	selinux_write_opts(m, &opts);