diff --git a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
index c64239b24c2f..22abf7aeb25d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
@@ -769,6 +769,9 @@ long ext4_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 #ifdef CONFIG_EXT4_FS_ENCRYPTION
 		struct fscrypt_policy policy;
 
+		if (!ext4_has_feature_encrypt(sb))
+			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
 		if (copy_from_user(&policy,
 				   (struct fscrypt_policy __user *)arg,
 				   sizeof(policy)))