diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c
index deb13f0a0f7d..d24548ed31b9 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c
@@ -171,6 +171,10 @@ static u32 fanotify_group_event_mask(struct fsnotify_group *group,
 		if (!fsnotify_iter_should_report_type(iter_info, type))
 			continue;
 		mark = iter_info->marks[type];
+
+		/* Apply ignore mask regardless of ISDIR and ON_CHILD flags */
+		marks_ignored_mask |= mark->ignored_mask;
+
 		/*
 		 * If the event is on dir and this mark doesn't care about
 		 * events on dir, don't send it!
@@ -188,7 +192,6 @@ static u32 fanotify_group_event_mask(struct fsnotify_group *group,
 			continue;
 
 		marks_mask |= mark->mask;
-		marks_ignored_mask |= mark->ignored_mask;
 	}
 
 	test_mask = event_mask & marks_mask & ~marks_ignored_mask;