diff --git a/fs/cachefiles/ondemand.c b/fs/cachefiles/ondemand.c
index a8cfa5047aaf..4b39f0422e59 100644
--- a/fs/cachefiles/ondemand.c
+++ b/fs/cachefiles/ondemand.c
@@ -611,6 +611,9 @@ int cachefiles_ondemand_init_object(struct cachefiles_object *object)
 	struct fscache_volume *volume = object->volume->vcookie;
 	size_t volume_key_size, cookie_key_size, data_len;
 
+	if (!object->ondemand)
+		return 0;
+
 	/*
 	 * CacheFiles will firstly check the cache file under the root cache
 	 * directory. If the coherency check failed, it will fallback to