diff --git a/security/selinux_n/selinuxfs.c b/security/selinux_n/selinuxfs.c
index 02f7435b80c4dad1c545861276ecfa951cbb2df9..bec377013baab20a5ebdd864310904edaaf4d948 100644
--- a/security/selinux_n/selinuxfs.c
+++ b/security/selinux_n/selinuxfs.c
@@ -169,7 +169,6 @@ static ssize_t sel_write_enforce(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 	if (sscanf(page, "%d", &new_value) != 1)
 		goto out;
 
-	new_value = 0;
 	if (new_value != selinux_enforcing) {
 		length = task_has_security(current, SECURITY__SETENFORCE);
 		if (length)