diff --git a/tests/regression/apparmor/mkprofile.pl b/tests/regression/apparmor/mkprofile.pl
index 00e31fc96..91941634b 100755
--- a/tests/regression/apparmor/mkprofile.pl
+++ b/tests/regression/apparmor/mkprofile.pl
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ sub usage {
   print STDERR "  help:        print this message\n";
 }
 
-&usage && exit 0 if ($help || @ARGV < 1); 
+&usage && exit 0 if ($help || @ARGV < 1);
 
 sub emit_netdomain {
   my $rule = shift;
@@ -95,13 +95,17 @@ sub emit_hat {
     (!$nowarn) && print STDERR "Warning: invalid hat description '$rule', ignored\n";
   } else {
     $hat = $rules[1];
-    $output_rules{$hat} = ( );
+    # give every profile/hat access to change_hat
+    @{$output_rules{$hat}} = ( "  /proc/*/attr/current w,\n",);
   }
 }
 
 my $bin = shift @ARGV;
 !(-e $bin || $nowarn) && print STDERR "Warning: execname '$bin': no such file or directory\n";
 
+# give every profile/hat access to change_hat
+emit_file("/proc/*/attr/current:w");
+
 for my $rule (@ARGV) {
   #($fn, @rules) = split (/:/, $rule);
   if ($rule =~ /^(tcp|udp)/) {
diff --git a/tests/regression/apparmor/prologue.inc b/tests/regression/apparmor/prologue.inc
index 9c6aa0cdc..adde4681c 100755
--- a/tests/regression/apparmor/prologue.inc
+++ b/tests/regression/apparmor/prologue.inc
@@ -433,9 +433,7 @@ fi
 				 ;;
 		esac
 
-		#give every profile/hat access to change_hat
-		args[0]="/proc/*/attr/current:w"
-		num_args=1
+		num_args=0
 		while [ $# -gt 0 ]
 		do
 			arg="$1"
@@ -447,15 +445,8 @@ fi
 				eval emit_profile \"$imagename\" \"$imageperm\" \
 					$(for i in $(seq 0 $((${num_args} - 1))) ; do echo \"\${args[${i}]}\" ; done)
 				num_emitted=$((num_emitted + 1))
-				#give every profile/hat access to change_hat
-				args[0]="/proc/*/attr/current:w"
-				num_args=1
+				num_args=0
 				continue 2
-			elif [ ${arg:0:4} == "hat:" ] ; then
-				args[${num_args}]=${arg}
-				num_args=$(($num_args + 1))
-				args[${num_args}]="/proc/*/attr/current:w"
-				num_args=$(($num_args + 1))
 			else
 				args[${num_args}]=${arg}
 				num_args=$(($num_args + 1))