diff --git a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
index 7a3e9ab137d8..c7e37ed2799a 100644
--- a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
+++ b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
@@ -1463,10 +1463,19 @@ static int smack_inode_getsecurity(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 	struct super_block *sbp;
 	struct inode *ip = inode;
 	struct smack_known *isp;
+	struct inode_smack *ispp;
+	size_t label_len;
+	char *label = NULL;
 
-	if (strcmp(name, XATTR_SMACK_SUFFIX) == 0)
+	if (strcmp(name, XATTR_SMACK_SUFFIX) == 0) {
 		isp = smk_of_inode(inode);
-	else {
+	} else if (strcmp(name, XATTR_SMACK_TRANSMUTE) == 0) {
+		ispp = smack_inode(inode);
+		if (ispp->smk_flags & SMK_INODE_TRANSMUTE)
+			label = TRANS_TRUE;
+		else
+			label = "";
+	} else {
 		/*
 		 * The rest of the Smack xattrs are only on sockets.
 		 */
@@ -1488,13 +1497,18 @@ static int smack_inode_getsecurity(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 	}
 
+	if (!label)
+		label = isp->smk_known;
+
+	label_len = strlen(label);
+
 	if (alloc) {
-		*buffer = kstrdup(isp->smk_known, GFP_KERNEL);
+		*buffer = kstrdup(label, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (*buffer == NULL)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
-	return strlen(isp->smk_known);
+	return label_len;
 }