diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima.h b/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
index 0356e1d..f79fa8b 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #include "../integrity.h"
 
 enum ima_show_type { IMA_SHOW_BINARY, IMA_SHOW_BINARY_NO_FIELD_LEN,
-		     IMA_SHOW_ASCII };
+		     IMA_SHOW_BINARY_OLD_STRING_FMT, IMA_SHOW_ASCII };
 enum tpm_pcrs { TPM_PCR0 = 0, TPM_PCR8 = 8 };
 
 /* digest size for IMA, fits SHA1 or MD5 */
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_fs.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_fs.c
index db01125..468a3ba 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_fs.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_fs.c
@@ -160,6 +160,8 @@ static int ima_measurements_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 
 		if (is_ima_template && strcmp(field->field_id, "d") == 0)
 			show = IMA_SHOW_BINARY_NO_FIELD_LEN;
+		if (is_ima_template && strcmp(field->field_id, "n") == 0)
+			show = IMA_SHOW_BINARY_OLD_STRING_FMT;
 		field->field_show(m, show, &e->template_data[i]);
 	}
 	return 0;
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_template_lib.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_template_lib.c
index 1683bbf..e8592e7 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_template_lib.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_template_lib.c
@@ -109,13 +109,16 @@ static void ima_show_template_data_binary(struct seq_file *m,
 					  enum data_formats datafmt,
 					  struct ima_field_data *field_data)
 {
+	u32 len = (show == IMA_SHOW_BINARY_OLD_STRING_FMT) ?
+	    strlen(field_data->data) : field_data->len;
+
 	if (show != IMA_SHOW_BINARY_NO_FIELD_LEN)
-		ima_putc(m, &field_data->len, sizeof(u32));
+		ima_putc(m, &len, sizeof(len));
 
-	if (!field_data->len)
+	if (!len)
 		return;
 
-	ima_putc(m, field_data->data, field_data->len);
+	ima_putc(m, field_data->data, len);
 }
 
 static void ima_show_template_field_data(struct seq_file *m,
@@ -129,6 +132,7 @@ static void ima_show_template_field_data(struct seq_file *m,
 		break;
 	case IMA_SHOW_BINARY:
 	case IMA_SHOW_BINARY_NO_FIELD_LEN:
+	case IMA_SHOW_BINARY_OLD_STRING_FMT:
 		ima_show_template_data_binary(m, show, datafmt, field_data);
 		break;
 	default: