diff --git a/debian/apparmor.d.postinst b/debian/apparmor.d.postinst
index 95a0a1cc8..6d367df3e 100644
--- a/debian/apparmor.d.postinst
+++ b/debian/apparmor.d.postinst
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
 
 #DEBHELPER#
 
-systemctl restart apparmor.service > /dev/null || true
+systemctl is-active -q apparmor && systemctl reload apparmor || :
 
 exit 0
diff --git a/debian/apparmor.d.postrm b/debian/apparmor.d.postrm
index 95a0a1cc8..cc98228a1 100644
--- a/debian/apparmor.d.postrm
+++ b/debian/apparmor.d.postrm
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
 
 #DEBHELPER#
 
-systemctl restart apparmor.service > /dev/null || true
+systemctl is-active -q apparmor && systemctl reload apparmor ||:
 
 exit 0