diff --git a/fs/crypto/fname.c b/fs/crypto/fname.c
index d1bbdc9dda76..e14bb7b67e9c 100644
--- a/fs/crypto/fname.c
+++ b/fs/crypto/fname.c
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ int fscrypt_fname_usr_to_disk(struct inode *inode,
 	 * in a directory. Consequently, a user space name cannot be mapped to
 	 * a disk-space name
 	 */
-	return -EACCES;
+	return -ENOKEY;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(fscrypt_fname_usr_to_disk);
 
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ int fscrypt_setup_filename(struct inode *dir, const struct qstr *iname,
 		return 0;
 	}
 	if (!lookup)
-		return -EACCES;
+		return -ENOKEY;
 
 	/*
 	 * We don't have the key and we are doing a lookup; decode the
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
index 170421edfdfe..2d94e8524839 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
@@ -771,7 +771,7 @@ struct inode *__ext4_new_inode(handle_t *handle, struct inode *dir,
 		if (err)
 			return ERR_PTR(err);
 		if (!fscrypt_has_encryption_key(dir))
-			return ERR_PTR(-EPERM);
+			return ERR_PTR(-ENOKEY);
 		if (!handle)
 			nblocks += EXT4_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb);
 		encrypt = 1;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index 00b8a5a66961..4438b93f6fd6 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -1378,6 +1378,8 @@ static struct buffer_head * ext4_find_entry (struct inode *dir,
 		return NULL;
 
 	retval = ext4_fname_setup_filename(dir, d_name, 1, &fname);
+	if (retval == -ENOENT)
+		return NULL;
 	if (retval)
 		return ERR_PTR(retval);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3092,7 @@ static int ext4_symlink(struct inode *dir,
 		if (err)
 			return err;
 		if (!fscrypt_has_encryption_key(dir))
-			return -EPERM;
+			return -ENOKEY;
 		disk_link.len = (fscrypt_fname_encrypted_size(dir, len) +
 				 sizeof(struct fscrypt_symlink_data));
 		sd = kzalloc(disk_link.len, GFP_KERNEL);
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/dir.c b/fs/f2fs/dir.c
index 11f3717ce481..8add4e8bab99 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/dir.c
@@ -277,7 +277,10 @@ struct f2fs_dir_entry *f2fs_find_entry(struct inode *dir,
 
 	err = fscrypt_setup_filename(dir, child, 1, &fname);
 	if (err) {
-		*res_page = ERR_PTR(err);
+		if (err == -ENOENT)
+			*res_page = NULL;
+		else
+			*res_page = ERR_PTR(err);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/namei.c b/fs/f2fs/namei.c
index 08d7dc99042e..8556fe1ccb8a 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/namei.c
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ static int f2fs_symlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 			return err;
 
 		if (!fscrypt_has_encryption_key(dir))
-			return -EPERM;
+			return -ENOKEY;
 
 		disk_link.len = (fscrypt_fname_encrypted_size(dir, len) +
 				sizeof(struct fscrypt_symlink_data));
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ static int f2fs_symlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 			goto err_out;
 
 		if (!fscrypt_has_encryption_key(inode)) {
-			err = -EPERM;
+			err = -ENOKEY;
 			goto err_out;
 		}