diff --git a/profiles/apparmor.d/abstractions/samba b/profiles/apparmor.d/abstractions/samba
index b5e167064..e41e7d1ac 100644
--- a/profiles/apparmor.d/abstractions/samba
+++ b/profiles/apparmor.d/abstractions/samba
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
   @{run}/{,lock/}samba/*.tdb rwk,
   @{run}/{,lock/}samba/msg.{lock,sock}/ rwk,
   @{run}/{,lock/}samba/msg.{lock,sock}/[0-9]* rwk,
+  /var/cache/samba/*.tdb rwk,
   /var/cache/samba/msg.lock/ rwk,
   /var/cache/samba/msg.lock/[0-9]* rwk,
 
diff --git a/profiles/apparmor.d/samba-bgqd b/profiles/apparmor.d/samba-bgqd
index c205c2614..a63021328 100644
--- a/profiles/apparmor.d/samba-bgqd
+++ b/profiles/apparmor.d/samba-bgqd
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ profile samba-bgqd /usr/lib*/samba/{,samba/}samba-bgqd {
   @{PROC}/sys/kernel/core_pattern r,
   owner @{PROC}/@{pid}/fd/ r,
 
-  @{run}/samba/samba-bgqd.pid wk,
+  @{run}/{,samba/}samba-bgqd.pid rwk,
 
   /usr/lib*/samba/{,samba/}samba-bgqd mr,
   /var/cache/samba/printing/*.tdb rwk,
diff --git a/profiles/apparmor.d/samba-dcerpcd b/profiles/apparmor.d/samba-dcerpcd
index c186441ee..12ea0f557 100644
--- a/profiles/apparmor.d/samba-dcerpcd
+++ b/profiles/apparmor.d/samba-dcerpcd
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ include <tunables/global>
 profile samba-dcerpcd /usr/lib*/samba/{,samba/}samba-dcerpcd {
   include <abstractions/samba-rpcd>
 
-  @{run}/samba/samba-dcerpcd.pid wk,
+  @{run}/{,samba/}samba-dcerpcd.pid rwk,
 
   /usr/lib*/samba/{,samba/}samba-dcerpcd mr,
 
diff --git a/profiles/apparmor.d/samba-rpcd-spoolss b/profiles/apparmor.d/samba-rpcd-spoolss
index a86873dd3..904fa0196 100644
--- a/profiles/apparmor.d/samba-rpcd-spoolss
+++ b/profiles/apparmor.d/samba-rpcd-spoolss
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ profile samba-rpcd-spoolss /usr/lib*/samba/{,samba/}rpcd_spoolss {
   /usr/lib*/samba/{,samba/}samba-bgqd Px -> samba-bgqd,
   /var/cache/samba/printing/ w,
   /var/cache/samba/printing/*.tdb rwk,
-  @{run}/samba/samba-bgqd.pid rk,
+  @{run}/{,samba/}samba-bgqd.pid rk,
 
   /dev/urandom rw,
 
diff --git a/profiles/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.smbd b/profiles/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.smbd
index 521387934..c4e6d70c7 100644
--- a/profiles/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.smbd
+++ b/profiles/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.smbd
@@ -53,11 +53,10 @@ profile smbd /usr/{bin,sbin}/smbd {
   /var/lib/samba/** rwk,
   /var/lib/sss/pubconf/kdcinfo.* r,
   @{run}/dbus/system_bus_socket rw,
-  @{run}/smbd.pid rwk,
+  @{run}/{,samba/}smbd.pid rwk,
   @{run}/samba/** rk,
   @{run}/samba/ncalrpc/ rw,
   @{run}/samba/ncalrpc/** rw,
-  @{run}/samba/smbd.pid rw,
   /var/spool/samba/** rw,
 
   @{HOMEDIRS}/** lrwk,