diff --git a/pkg/aa/profile.go b/pkg/aa/profile.go
index 69f3e844d..4797a9219 100644
--- a/pkg/aa/profile.go
+++ b/pkg/aa/profile.go
@@ -100,7 +100,11 @@ func (p *AppArmorProfile) NestAttachments() string {
 	} else {
 		res := []string{}
 		for _, attachment := range p.Attachments {
-			res = append(res, attachment[1:])
+			if strings.HasPrefix(attachment, "/") {
+				res = append(res, attachment[1:])
+			} else {
+				res = append(res, attachment)
+			}
 		}
 		return "/{" + strings.Join(res, ",") + "}"
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/aa/profile_test.go b/pkg/aa/profile_test.go
index 7524bb52d..1f083a2da 100644
--- a/pkg/aa/profile_test.go
+++ b/pkg/aa/profile_test.go
@@ -185,6 +185,21 @@ func TestAppArmorProfile_NestAttachments(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			want: "/{{usr/,}libexec/geoclue,{usr/,}libexec/geoclue-2.0/demos/agent}",
 		},
+		{
+			name:        "null",
+			Attachments: []string{},
+			want:        "",
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "empty",
+			Attachments: []string{""},
+			want:        "",
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "not valid aare",
+			Attachments: []string{"/file", "relative"},
+			want:        "/{file,relative}",
+		},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {