diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
index 1b88d58e132586c9d588d959bdc7644186345e80..df0b2ee49fa2517853b1fd1de7ab06fe91627e41 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
@@ -505,20 +505,26 @@ int ima_post_read_file(struct file *file, void *buf, loff_t size,
  */
 int ima_load_data(enum kernel_load_data_id id)
 {
-	bool sig_enforce;
+	bool ima_enforce, sig_enforce;
 
-	if ((ima_appraise & IMA_APPRAISE_ENFORCE) != IMA_APPRAISE_ENFORCE)
-		return 0;
+	ima_enforce =
+		(ima_appraise & IMA_APPRAISE_ENFORCE) == IMA_APPRAISE_ENFORCE;
 
 	switch (id) {
 	case LOADING_KEXEC_IMAGE:
-		if (ima_appraise & IMA_APPRAISE_KEXEC) {
+		if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KEXEC_VERIFY_SIG)
+		    && arch_ima_get_secureboot()) {
+			pr_err("impossible to appraise a kernel image without a file descriptor; try using kexec_file_load syscall.\n");
+			return -EACCES;
+		}
+
+		if (ima_enforce && (ima_appraise & IMA_APPRAISE_KEXEC)) {
 			pr_err("impossible to appraise a kernel image without a file descriptor; try using kexec_file_load syscall.\n");
 			return -EACCES;	/* INTEGRITY_UNKNOWN */
 		}
 		break;
 	case LOADING_FIRMWARE:
-		if (ima_appraise & IMA_APPRAISE_FIRMWARE) {
+		if (ima_enforce && (ima_appraise & IMA_APPRAISE_FIRMWARE)) {
 			pr_err("Prevent firmware sysfs fallback loading.\n");
 			return -EACCES;	/* INTEGRITY_UNKNOWN */
 		}
@@ -526,7 +532,8 @@ int ima_load_data(enum kernel_load_data_id id)
 	case LOADING_MODULE:
 		sig_enforce = is_module_sig_enforced();
 
-		if (!sig_enforce && (ima_appraise & IMA_APPRAISE_MODULES)) {
+		if (ima_enforce && (!sig_enforce
+				    && (ima_appraise & IMA_APPRAISE_MODULES))) {
 			pr_err("impossible to appraise a module without a file descriptor. sig_enforce kernel parameter might help\n");
 			return -EACCES;	/* INTEGRITY_UNKNOWN */
 		}