diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index c1cf020d1889..b2058500f1dc 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -3221,9 +3221,10 @@ static int ext4_link(struct dentry *old_dentry,
 
 	if (inode->i_nlink >= EXT4_LINK_MAX)
 		return -EMLINK;
-	if (ext4_encrypted_inode(dir) &&
-			!fscrypt_has_permitted_context(dir, inode))
-		return -EPERM;
+
+	err = fscrypt_prepare_link(old_dentry, dir, dentry);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
 
        if ((ext4_test_inode_flag(dir, EXT4_INODE_PROJINHERIT)) &&
 	   (!projid_eq(EXT4_I(dir)->i_projid,