diff --git a/fs/crypto/hooks.c b/fs/crypto/hooks.c
index bb3b7fcfdd48..a5a40a76b8ed 100644
--- a/fs/crypto/hooks.c
+++ b/fs/crypto/hooks.c
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ int __fscrypt_prepare_link(struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir,
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	/* ... in case we looked up ciphertext name before key was added */
-	if (dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_ENCRYPTED_NAME)
+	/* ... in case we looked up no-key name before key was added */
+	if (fscrypt_is_nokey_name(dentry))
 		return -ENOKEY;
 
 	if (!fscrypt_has_permitted_context(dir, inode))
@@ -83,9 +83,9 @@ int __fscrypt_prepare_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	/* ... in case we looked up ciphertext name(s) before key was added */
-	if ((old_dentry->d_flags | new_dentry->d_flags) &
-	    DCACHE_ENCRYPTED_NAME)
+	/* ... in case we looked up no-key name(s) before key was added */
+	if (fscrypt_is_nokey_name(old_dentry) ||
+	    fscrypt_is_nokey_name(new_dentry))
 		return -ENOKEY;
 
 	if (old_dir != new_dir) {
diff --git a/include/linux/fscrypt.h b/include/linux/fscrypt.h
index f622f7460ed8..032e5bcf9701 100644
--- a/include/linux/fscrypt.h
+++ b/include/linux/fscrypt.h
@@ -100,6 +100,35 @@ static inline void fscrypt_handle_d_move(struct dentry *dentry)
 	dentry->d_flags &= ~DCACHE_ENCRYPTED_NAME;
 }
 
+/**
+ * fscrypt_is_nokey_name() - test whether a dentry is a no-key name
+ * @dentry: the dentry to check
+ *
+ * This returns true if the dentry is a no-key dentry.  A no-key dentry is a
+ * dentry that was created in an encrypted directory that hasn't had its
+ * encryption key added yet.  Such dentries may be either positive or negative.
+ *
+ * When a filesystem is asked to create a new filename in an encrypted directory
+ * and the new filename's dentry is a no-key dentry, it must fail the operation
+ * with ENOKEY.  This includes ->create(), ->mkdir(), ->mknod(), ->symlink(),
+ * ->rename(), and ->link().  (However, ->rename() and ->link() are already
+ * handled by fscrypt_prepare_rename() and fscrypt_prepare_link().)
+ *
+ * This is necessary because creating a filename requires the directory's
+ * encryption key, but just checking for the key on the directory inode during
+ * the final filesystem operation doesn't guarantee that the key was available
+ * during the preceding dentry lookup.  And the key must have already been
+ * available during the dentry lookup in order for it to have been checked
+ * whether the filename already exists in the directory and for the new file's
+ * dentry not to be invalidated due to it incorrectly having the no-key flag.
+ *
+ * Return: %true if the dentry is a no-key name
+ */
+static inline bool fscrypt_is_nokey_name(const struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	return dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_ENCRYPTED_NAME;
+}
+
 /* crypto.c */
 extern void fscrypt_enqueue_decrypt_work(struct work_struct *);
 extern struct fscrypt_ctx *fscrypt_get_ctx(gfp_t);
@@ -290,6 +319,11 @@ static inline void fscrypt_handle_d_move(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 }
 
+static inline bool fscrypt_is_nokey_name(const struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	return false;
+}
+
 /* crypto.c */
 static inline void fscrypt_enqueue_decrypt_work(struct work_struct *work)
 {