diff --git a/parser/libapparmor_re/hfa.h b/parser/libapparmor_re/hfa.h
index 923c91850..73bbfc03d 100644
--- a/parser/libapparmor_re/hfa.h
+++ b/parser/libapparmor_re/hfa.h
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class perms_t {
 public:
 	perms_t(void) throw(int): allow(0), deny(0), audit(0), quiet(0), exact(0) { };
 
-	bool is_null(void) { return !(allow | deny | audit | quiet); }
+	bool is_null(void) { return !(allow | audit | quiet); }
 
 	void dump(ostream &os)
 	{
diff --git a/parser/tst/minimize.sh b/parser/tst/minimize.sh
index 8c5461265..2db136c28 100755
--- a/parser/tst/minimize.sh
+++ b/parser/tst/minimize.sh
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ echo "ok"
 # {c} (0x 40030/0/0/0)
 
 echo -n "Minimize profiles audit deny perms "
-if [ `echo "/t { /a r, /b w, /c a, /d l, /e k, /f m, audit deny /** w, }" | ../apparmor_parser -QT -O minimize -D dfa-states 2>&1 | grep -v '<==' | grep '^{.*} (.*)$' | wc -l` -ne 6 ] ; then
+if [ `echo "/t { /a r, /b w, /c a, /d l, /e k, /f m, audit deny /** w, }" | ../apparmor_parser -QT -O minimize -D dfa-states 2>&1 | grep -v '<==' | grep '^{.*} (.*)$' | wc -l` -ne 5 ] ; then
     echo "failed"
     exit 1;
 fi
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ echo "ok"
 # {3} (0x 0/fe17f85/0/0)
 
 echo -n "Minimize profiles audit deny xtrans "
-if [ `echo "/t { /b px, audit deny /* xr, /a Cx -> foo, }" | ../apparmor_parser -QT -O minimize -D dfa-states 2>&1 | grep -v '<==' | grep '^{.*} (.*)$' | wc -l` -ne 1 ] ; then
+if [ `echo "/t { /b px, audit deny /* xr, /a Cx -> foo, }" | ../apparmor_parser -QT -O minimize -D dfa-states 2>&1 | grep -v '<==' | grep '^{.*} (.*)$' | wc -l` -ne 0 ] ; then
     echo "failed"
     exit 1;
 fi