diff --git a/security/integrity/iint.c b/security/integrity/iint.c
index 1d20003243c3..0ba01847e836 100644
--- a/security/integrity/iint.c
+++ b/security/integrity/iint.c
@@ -98,6 +98,14 @@ struct integrity_iint_cache *integrity_inode_get(struct inode *inode)
 	struct rb_node *node, *parent = NULL;
 	struct integrity_iint_cache *iint, *test_iint;
 
+	/*
+	 * The integrity's "iint_cache" is initialized at security_init(),
+	 * unless it is not included in the ordered list of LSMs enabled
+	 * on the boot command line.
+	 */
+	if (!iint_cache)
+		panic("%s: lsm=integrity required.\n", __func__);
+
 	iint = integrity_iint_find(inode);
 	if (iint)
 		return iint;