diff --git a/libselinux/src/procattr.c b/libselinux/src/procattr.c
index 840570525f5f879be37b1dafed6a0c4feca32edf..ca7f97864473a7073555d096168feb7f90908818 100644
--- a/libselinux/src/procattr.c
+++ b/libselinux/src/procattr.c
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ static int getprocattrcon_raw(char ** context,
 
 	switch (attr[0]) {
 		case 'c':
-			prev_context = prev_current;
+			prev_context = NULL;
 			break;
 		case 'e':
 			prev_context = prev_exec;