diff --git a/libcontainer/apparmor/apparmor_disabled.go b/libcontainer/apparmor/apparmor_disabled.go
index 937bf915..d4110cf0 100644
--- a/libcontainer/apparmor/apparmor_disabled.go
+++ b/libcontainer/apparmor/apparmor_disabled.go
@@ -2,10 +2,19 @@
 
 package apparmor
 
+import (
+	"errors"
+)
+
+var ErrApparmorNotEnabled = errors.New("apparmor: config provided but apparmor not supported")
+
 func IsEnabled() bool {
 	return false
 }
 
 func ApplyProfile(name string) error {
+	if name != "" {
+		return ErrApparmorNotEnabled
+	}
 	return nil
 }