diff --git a/fs/ubifs/dir.c b/fs/ubifs/dir.c
index 6c0e19f7a21f..a5e5e9b9d4e3 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/dir.c
@@ -278,6 +278,15 @@ done:
 	return d_splice_alias(inode, dentry);
 }
 
+static int ubifs_prepare_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
+				struct fscrypt_name *nm)
+{
+	if (fscrypt_is_nokey_name(dentry))
+		return -ENOKEY;
+
+	return fscrypt_setup_filename(dir, &dentry->d_name, 0, nm);
+}
+
 static int ubifs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
 			bool excl)
 {
@@ -301,7 +310,7 @@ static int ubifs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	err = fscrypt_setup_filename(dir, &dentry->d_name, 0, &nm);
+	err = ubifs_prepare_create(dir, dentry, &nm);
 	if (err)
 		goto out_budg;
 
@@ -961,7 +970,7 @@ static int ubifs_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	err = fscrypt_setup_filename(dir, &dentry->d_name, 0, &nm);
+	err = ubifs_prepare_create(dir, dentry, &nm);
 	if (err)
 		goto out_budg;
 
@@ -1046,7 +1055,7 @@ static int ubifs_mknod(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 		return err;
 	}
 
-	err = fscrypt_setup_filename(dir, &dentry->d_name, 0, &nm);
+	err = ubifs_prepare_create(dir, dentry, &nm);
 	if (err) {
 		kfree(dev);
 		goto out_budg;
@@ -1130,7 +1139,7 @@ static int ubifs_symlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	err = fscrypt_setup_filename(dir, &dentry->d_name, 0, &nm);
+	err = ubifs_prepare_create(dir, dentry, &nm);
 	if (err)
 		goto out_budg;