diff --git a/debian/apparmor.d.postinst b/debian/apparmor.d.postinst
index 4e659173c..fd0ffeb33 100644
--- a/debian/apparmor.d.postinst
+++ b/debian/apparmor.d.postinst
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ set -e
 
 #DEBHELPER#
 
-systemctl is-active -q apparmor && systemctl reload apparmor ||:
+apparmor_parser --purge-cache
+if systemctl is-active -q apparmor; then
+    systemctl reload apparmor
+fi
 
 exit 0
diff --git a/debian/apparmor.d.postrm b/debian/apparmor.d.postrm
index 4e659173c..fd0ffeb33 100644
--- a/debian/apparmor.d.postrm
+++ b/debian/apparmor.d.postrm
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ set -e
 
 #DEBHELPER#
 
-systemctl is-active -q apparmor && systemctl reload apparmor ||:
+apparmor_parser --purge-cache
+if systemctl is-active -q apparmor; then
+    systemctl reload apparmor
+fi
 
 exit 0