diff --git a/vendor.conf b/vendor.conf
index aa63f9449d..a1a5c763ca 100644
--- a/vendor.conf
+++ b/vendor.conf
@@ -161,4 +161,4 @@ github.com/morikuni/aec 39771216ff4c63d11f5e604076f9c45e8be1067b
 # metrics
 github.com/docker/go-metrics d466d4f6fd960e01820085bd7e1a24426ee7ef18
 
-github.com/opencontainers/selinux 9e2c5215628a2567782777efb2049f385484f918 # v1.2
+github.com/opencontainers/selinux 0bb7b9fa9ba5c1120e9d22caed4961fca4228408 # v1.2.1
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/opencontainers/selinux/go-selinux/selinux_linux.go b/vendor/github.com/opencontainers/selinux/go-selinux/selinux_linux.go
index 1f50440c0e..51fa8de68a 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/opencontainers/selinux/go-selinux/selinux_linux.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/opencontainers/selinux/go-selinux/selinux_linux.go
@@ -333,6 +333,11 @@ func writeCon(fpath string, val string) error {
 	if fpath == "" {
 		return ErrEmptyPath
 	}
+	if val == "" {
+		if !GetEnabled() {
+			return nil
+		}
+	}
 
 	out, err := os.OpenFile(fpath, os.O_WRONLY, 0)
 	if err != nil {