diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index 009a059..ad358f2 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -2847,6 +2847,7 @@
 				unsigned nr_pages);
 
 /* symlink.c */
+extern const struct inode_operations ext4_encrypted_symlink_inode_operations;
 extern const struct inode_operations ext4_symlink_inode_operations;
 extern const struct inode_operations ext4_fast_symlink_inode_operations;
 
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 55b187c..9f3baa2 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -4213,8 +4213,10 @@
 		inode->i_op = &ext4_dir_inode_operations;
 		inode->i_fop = &ext4_dir_operations;
 	} else if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode)) {
-		if (ext4_inode_is_fast_symlink(inode) &&
-		    !ext4_encrypted_inode(inode)) {
+		if (ext4_encrypted_inode(inode)) {
+			inode->i_op = &ext4_encrypted_symlink_inode_operations;
+			ext4_set_aops(inode);
+		} else if (ext4_inode_is_fast_symlink(inode)) {
 			inode->i_op = &ext4_fast_symlink_inode_operations;
 			nd_terminate_link(ei->i_data, inode->i_size,
 				sizeof(ei->i_data) - 1);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index 814f3beb..39f8e65 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -3206,10 +3206,12 @@
 			goto err_drop_inode;
 		sd->len = cpu_to_le16(ostr.len);
 		disk_link.name = (char *) sd;
+		inode->i_op = &ext4_encrypted_symlink_inode_operations;
 	}
 
 	if ((disk_link.len > EXT4_N_BLOCKS * 4)) {
-		inode->i_op = &ext4_symlink_inode_operations;
+		if (!encryption_required)
+			inode->i_op = &ext4_symlink_inode_operations;
 		ext4_set_aops(inode);
 		/*
 		 * We cannot call page_symlink() with transaction started
@@ -3249,9 +3251,8 @@
 	} else {
 		/* clear the extent format for fast symlink */
 		ext4_clear_inode_flag(inode, EXT4_INODE_EXTENTS);
-		inode->i_op = encryption_required ?
-			&ext4_symlink_inode_operations :
-			&ext4_fast_symlink_inode_operations;
+		if (!encryption_required)
+			inode->i_op = &ext4_fast_symlink_inode_operations;
 		memcpy((char *)&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data, disk_link.name,
 		       disk_link.len);
 		inode->i_size = disk_link.len - 1;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/symlink.c b/fs/ext4/symlink.c
index 187b789..49575ff 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/symlink.c
@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@
 	int res;
 	u32 plen, max_size = inode->i_sb->s_blocksize;
 
-	if (!ext4_encrypted_inode(inode))
-		return page_follow_link_light(dentry, nd);
-
 	ctx = ext4_get_fname_crypto_ctx(inode, inode->i_sb->s_blocksize);
 	if (IS_ERR(ctx))
 		return ctx;
@@ -97,18 +94,16 @@
 	return ERR_PTR(res);
 }
 
-static void ext4_put_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd,
-			  void *cookie)
-{
-	struct page *page = cookie;
-
-	if (!page) {
-		kfree(nd_get_link(nd));
-	} else {
-		kunmap(page);
-		page_cache_release(page);
-	}
-}
+const struct inode_operations ext4_encrypted_symlink_inode_operations = {
+	.readlink	= generic_readlink,
+	.follow_link    = ext4_follow_link,
+	.put_link       = kfree_put_link,
+	.setattr	= ext4_setattr,
+	.setxattr	= generic_setxattr,
+	.getxattr	= generic_getxattr,
+	.listxattr	= ext4_listxattr,
+	.removexattr	= generic_removexattr,
+};
 #endif
 
 static void *ext4_follow_fast_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
@@ -120,13 +115,8 @@
 
 const struct inode_operations ext4_symlink_inode_operations = {
 	.readlink	= generic_readlink,
-#ifdef CONFIG_EXT4_FS_ENCRYPTION
-	.follow_link    = ext4_follow_link,
-	.put_link       = ext4_put_link,
-#else
 	.follow_link	= page_follow_link_light,
 	.put_link	= page_put_link,
-#endif
 	.setattr	= ext4_setattr,
 	.setxattr	= generic_setxattr,
 	.getxattr	= generic_getxattr,