diff --git a/debian/apparmor.d.postinst b/debian/apparmor.d.postinst
index fd0ffeb33..2f8c90ae0 100644
--- a/debian/apparmor.d.postinst
+++ b/debian/apparmor.d.postinst
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ set -e
 
 #DEBHELPER#
 
-apparmor_parser --purge-cache
+apparmor_parser --purge-cache || true
 if systemctl is-active -q apparmor; then
     systemctl reload apparmor
 fi
diff --git a/debian/apparmor.d.postrm b/debian/apparmor.d.postrm
index fd0ffeb33..2f8c90ae0 100644
--- a/debian/apparmor.d.postrm
+++ b/debian/apparmor.d.postrm
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ set -e
 
 #DEBHELPER#
 
-apparmor_parser --purge-cache
+apparmor_parser --purge-cache || true
 if systemctl is-active -q apparmor; then
     systemctl reload apparmor
 fi