diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 2e03a0a..a9448db 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -1120,17 +1120,16 @@
 				 EXT4_XATTR_NAME_ENCRYPTION_CONTEXT, ctx, len);
 }
 
-static int ext4_prepare_context(struct inode *inode)
-{
-	return ext4_convert_inline_data(inode);
-}
-
 static int ext4_set_context(struct inode *inode, const void *ctx, size_t len,
 							void *fs_data)
 {
 	handle_t *handle = fs_data;
 	int res, res2, retries = 0;
 
+	res = ext4_convert_inline_data(inode);
+	if (res)
+		return res;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a journal handle was specified, then the encryption context is
 	 * being set on a new inode via inheritance and is part of a larger
@@ -1196,7 +1195,6 @@
 static const struct fscrypt_operations ext4_cryptops = {
 	.key_prefix		= "ext4:",
 	.get_context		= ext4_get_context,
-	.prepare_context	= ext4_prepare_context,
 	.set_context		= ext4_set_context,
 	.dummy_context		= ext4_dummy_context,
 	.is_encrypted		= ext4_encrypted_inode,