diff --git a/fs/ubifs/dir.c b/fs/ubifs/dir.c
index 7717d23906db..005566bc6dc1 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/dir.c
@@ -68,13 +68,14 @@ static int inherit_flags(const struct inode *dir, umode_t mode)
  * @c: UBIFS file-system description object
  * @dir: parent directory inode
  * @mode: inode mode flags
+ * @is_xattr: whether the inode is xattr inode
  *
  * This function finds an unused inode number, allocates new inode and
  * initializes it. Returns new inode in case of success and an error code in
  * case of failure.
  */
 struct inode *ubifs_new_inode(struct ubifs_info *c, struct inode *dir,
-			      umode_t mode)
+			      umode_t mode, bool is_xattr)
 {
 	int err;
 	struct inode *inode;
@@ -99,10 +100,12 @@ struct inode *ubifs_new_inode(struct ubifs_info *c, struct inode *dir,
 			 current_time(inode);
 	inode->i_mapping->nrpages = 0;
 
-	err = fscrypt_prepare_new_inode(dir, inode, &encrypted);
-	if (err) {
-		ubifs_err(c, "fscrypt_prepare_new_inode failed: %i", err);
-		goto out_iput;
+	if (!is_xattr) {
+		err = fscrypt_prepare_new_inode(dir, inode, &encrypted);
+		if (err) {
+			ubifs_err(c, "fscrypt_prepare_new_inode failed: %i", err);
+			goto out_iput;
+		}
 	}
 
 	switch (mode & S_IFMT) {
@@ -309,7 +312,7 @@ static int ubifs_create(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *dir,
 
 	sz_change = CALC_DENT_SIZE(fname_len(&nm));
 
-	inode = ubifs_new_inode(c, dir, mode);
+	inode = ubifs_new_inode(c, dir, mode, false);
 	if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(inode);
 		goto out_fname;
@@ -370,7 +373,7 @@ static struct inode *create_whiteout(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	if (err)
 		return ERR_PTR(err);
 
-	inode = ubifs_new_inode(c, dir, mode);
+	inode = ubifs_new_inode(c, dir, mode, false);
 	if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(inode);
 		goto out_free;
@@ -462,7 +465,7 @@ static int ubifs_tmpfile(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *dir,
 		return err;
 	}
 
-	inode = ubifs_new_inode(c, dir, mode);
+	inode = ubifs_new_inode(c, dir, mode, false);
 	if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(inode);
 		goto out_budg;
@@ -1005,7 +1008,7 @@ static int ubifs_mkdir(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *dir,
 
 	sz_change = CALC_DENT_SIZE(fname_len(&nm));
 
-	inode = ubifs_new_inode(c, dir, S_IFDIR | mode);
+	inode = ubifs_new_inode(c, dir, S_IFDIR | mode, false);
 	if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(inode);
 		goto out_fname;
@@ -1092,7 +1095,7 @@ static int ubifs_mknod(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *dir,
 
 	sz_change = CALC_DENT_SIZE(fname_len(&nm));
 
-	inode = ubifs_new_inode(c, dir, mode);
+	inode = ubifs_new_inode(c, dir, mode, false);
 	if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
 		kfree(dev);
 		err = PTR_ERR(inode);
@@ -1174,7 +1177,7 @@ static int ubifs_symlink(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *dir,
 
 	sz_change = CALC_DENT_SIZE(fname_len(&nm));
 
-	inode = ubifs_new_inode(c, dir, S_IFLNK | S_IRWXUGO);
+	inode = ubifs_new_inode(c, dir, S_IFLNK | S_IRWXUGO, false);
 	if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(inode);
 		goto out_fname;
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h b/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h
index efbb4554a4a6..398551bef598 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h
+++ b/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h
@@ -2002,7 +2002,7 @@ int ubifs_update_time(struct inode *inode, struct timespec64 *time, int flags);
 
 /* dir.c */
 struct inode *ubifs_new_inode(struct ubifs_info *c, struct inode *dir,
-			      umode_t mode);
+			      umode_t mode, bool is_xattr);
 int ubifs_getattr(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, const struct path *path, struct kstat *stat,
 		  u32 request_mask, unsigned int flags);
 int ubifs_check_dir_empty(struct inode *dir);
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/xattr.c b/fs/ubifs/xattr.c
index e4f193eae4b2..9ff2614bdeca 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/xattr.c
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ static int create_xattr(struct ubifs_info *c, struct inode *host,
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	inode = ubifs_new_inode(c, host, S_IFREG | S_IRWXUGO);
+	inode = ubifs_new_inode(c, host, S_IFREG | S_IRWXUGO, true);
 	if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(inode);
 		goto out_budg;