diff --git a/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c b/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c
index b9b2bebeb350..b980a6ce5c79 100644
--- a/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c
+++ b/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c
@@ -286,9 +286,12 @@ int evm_inode_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *xattr_name,
 {
 	const struct evm_ima_xattr_data *xattr_data = xattr_value;
 
-	if ((strcmp(xattr_name, XATTR_NAME_EVM) == 0)
-	    && (xattr_data->type == EVM_XATTR_HMAC))
-		return -EPERM;
+	if (strcmp(xattr_name, XATTR_NAME_EVM) == 0) {
+		if (!xattr_value_len)
+			return -EINVAL;
+		if (xattr_data->type != EVM_IMA_XATTR_DIGSIG)
+			return -EPERM;
+	}
 	return evm_protect_xattr(dentry, xattr_name, xattr_value,
 				 xattr_value_len);
 }