diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/keystore.c b/fs/ecryptfs/keystore.c
index 3cf1546..fa218cd 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/keystore.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/keystore.c
@@ -459,7 +459,8 @@
  * @auth_tok_key: key containing the authentication token
  * @auth_tok: authentication token
  *
- * Returns zero on valid auth tok; -EINVAL otherwise
+ * Returns zero on valid auth tok; -EINVAL if the payload is invalid; or
+ * -EKEYREVOKED if the key was revoked before we acquired its semaphore.
  */
 static int
 ecryptfs_verify_auth_tok_from_key(struct key *auth_tok_key,
@@ -468,6 +469,12 @@
 	int rc = 0;
 
 	(*auth_tok) = ecryptfs_get_key_payload_data(auth_tok_key);
+	if (IS_ERR(*auth_tok)) {
+		rc = PTR_ERR(*auth_tok);
+		*auth_tok = NULL;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	if (ecryptfs_verify_version((*auth_tok)->version)) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "Data structure version mismatch. Userspace "
 		       "tools must match eCryptfs kernel module with major "