diff --git a/libsemanage/src/direct_api.c b/libsemanage/src/direct_api.c
index 3719cb1c..e5c72cd0 100644
--- a/libsemanage/src/direct_api.c
+++ b/libsemanage/src/direct_api.c
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ static int semanage_direct_begintrans(semanage_handle_t * sh)
  * 'version' to module's version.  The caller is responsible for
  * free()ing 'module_name', and 'version'; they will be
  * set to NULL upon entering this function.  Returns 0 on success, -1
- * if out of memory, or -2 if data did not represent a module.
+ * if out of memory.
  */
 static int parse_module_headers(semanage_handle_t * sh, char *module_data,
                                size_t data_len, char **module_name,
@@ -384,23 +384,10 @@ static int parse_module_headers(semanage_handle_t * sh, char *module_data,
        }
        sepol_policy_file_set_mem(pf, module_data, data_len);
        sepol_policy_file_set_handle(pf, sh->sepolh);
-       if (module_data == NULL ||
-           data_len == 0 ||
+       if (module_data != NULL && data_len > 0)
            sepol_module_package_info(pf, &file_type, module_name,
-                                     version) == -1) {
-               sepol_policy_file_free(pf);
-               ERR(sh, "Could not parse module data.");
-               return -2;
-       }
+                                     version);
        sepol_policy_file_free(pf);
-       if (file_type != SEPOL_POLICY_MOD) {
-               if (file_type == SEPOL_POLICY_BASE)
-                       ERR(sh,
-                           "Received a base module, expected a non-base module.");
-               else
-                       ERR(sh, "Data did not represent a module.");
-               return -2;
-       }
 
        return 0;
 }
@@ -1608,22 +1595,24 @@ static int semanage_direct_install_file(semanage_handle_t * sh,
 		lang_ext = separator + 1;
 	}
 
-	if (strcmp(lang_ext, "pp") != 0) {
+	if (strcmp(lang_ext, "pp") == 0) {
+		retval = parse_module_headers(sh, data, data_len, &module_name, &version);
+		free(version);
+		if (retval != 0)
+			goto cleanup;
+	}
+
+	if (module_name == NULL) {
 		module_name = strdup(filename);
 		if (module_name == NULL) {
 			ERR(sh, "No memory available for module_name.\n");
 			retval = -1;
 			goto cleanup;
 		}
-	} else {
-		if ((retval = parse_module_headers(sh, data, data_len, &module_name, &version)) != 0)
-			goto cleanup;
-
-		if (strcmp(module_name, filename) != 0)
-			fprintf(stderr, "Warning: SELinux userspace will refer to the module from %s as %s rather than %s\n", install_filename, module_name, filename);
-
-		free(version);
+	} else if (strcmp(module_name, filename) != 0) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Warning: SELinux userspace will refer to the module from %s as %s rather than %s\n", install_filename, module_name, filename);
 	}
+
 	retval = semanage_direct_install(sh, data, data_len, module_name, lang_ext);
 
 cleanup: