diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
index 4be1563..91b666a 100644
--- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
+++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
@@ -2754,9 +2754,7 @@
 }
 
 /*
- * Copy the in-core inode security context value to the user.  If the
- * getxattr() prior to this succeeded, check to see if we need to
- * canonicalize the value to be finally returned to the user.
+ * Copy the inode security context value to the user.
  *
  * Permission check is handled by selinux_inode_getxattr hook.
  */
@@ -2765,12 +2763,33 @@
 	u32 size;
 	int error;
 	char *context = NULL;
+	struct task_security_struct *tsec = current->security;
 	struct inode_security_struct *isec = inode->i_security;
 
 	if (strcmp(name, XATTR_SELINUX_SUFFIX))
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
-	error = security_sid_to_context(isec->sid, &context, &size);
+	/*
+	 * If the caller has CAP_MAC_ADMIN, then get the raw context
+	 * value even if it is not defined by current policy; otherwise,
+	 * use the in-core value under current policy.
+	 * Use the non-auditing forms of the permission checks since
+	 * getxattr may be called by unprivileged processes commonly
+	 * and lack of permission just means that we fall back to the
+	 * in-core context value, not a denial.
+	 */
+	error = secondary_ops->capable(current, CAP_MAC_ADMIN);
+	if (!error)
+		error = avc_has_perm_noaudit(tsec->sid, tsec->sid,
+					     SECCLASS_CAPABILITY2,
+					     CAPABILITY2__MAC_ADMIN,
+					     0,
+					     NULL);
+	if (!error)
+		error = security_sid_to_context_force(isec->sid, &context,
+						      &size);
+	else
+		error = security_sid_to_context(isec->sid, &context, &size);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 	error = size;