diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
index cb700d797296..9a321c52face 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
@@ -3251,6 +3251,8 @@ bool f2fs_empty_dir(struct inode *dir);
 
 static inline int f2fs_add_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode)
 {
+	if (fscrypt_is_nokey_name(dentry))
+		return -ENOKEY;
 	return f2fs_do_add_link(d_inode(dentry->d_parent), &dentry->d_name,
 				inode, inode->i_ino, inode->i_mode);
 }