diff --git a/utils/aa-mergeprof b/utils/aa-mergeprof
index e1be53cb2..0e18806f9 100755
--- a/utils/aa-mergeprof
+++ b/utils/aa-mergeprof
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env python
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 #    Copyright (C) 2013 Kshitij Gupta <kgupta8592@gmail.com>
-#    Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Christian Boltz <apparmor@cboltz.de>
+#    Copyright (C) 2014-2016 Christian Boltz <apparmor@cboltz.de>
 #
 #    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 #    modify it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import re
 import os
 
 import apparmor.aa
-from apparmor.aa import available_buttons, combine_name, delete_duplicates, is_known_rule, match_includes
+from apparmor.aa import available_buttons, combine_name, delete_duplicates, get_profile_filename, is_known_rule, match_includes
 import apparmor.aamode
 from apparmor.common import AppArmorException
 from apparmor.regex import re_match_include
@@ -284,6 +284,9 @@ class Merge(object):
         if not sev_db:
             sev_db = apparmor.severity.Severity(apparmor.aa.CONFDIR + '/severity.db', _('unknown'))
 
+        sev_db.unload_variables()
+        sev_db.load_variables(get_profile_filename(profile))
+
         for hat in sorted(other.aa[profile].keys()):
             #Add the includes from the other profile to the user profile
             done = False
diff --git a/utils/apparmor/aa.py b/utils/apparmor/aa.py
index 73922037a..d40cd292f 100644
--- a/utils/apparmor/aa.py
+++ b/utils/apparmor/aa.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 #    Copyright (C) 2013 Kshitij Gupta <kgupta8592@gmail.com>
-#    Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Christian Boltz <apparmor@cboltz.de>
+#    Copyright (C) 2014-2016 Christian Boltz <apparmor@cboltz.de>
 #
 #    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 #    modify it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public
@@ -1607,6 +1607,10 @@ def ask_the_questions():
                 UI_SelectUpdatedRepoProfile(profile, p)
 
             found += 1
+
+            sev_db.unload_variables()
+            sev_db.load_variables(get_profile_filename(profile))
+
             # Sorted list of hats with the profile name coming first
             hats = list(filter(lambda key: key != profile, sorted(log_dict[aamode][profile].keys())))
             if log_dict[aamode][profile].get(profile, False):