diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 1d4f5fa..dc9d64a 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -3824,6 +3824,10 @@
 	unsigned blocksize;
 	struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
 
+	/* If we are processing an encrypted inode during orphan list handling */
+	if (ext4_encrypted_inode(inode) && !fscrypt_has_encryption_key(inode))
+		return 0;
+
 	blocksize = inode->i_sb->s_blocksize;
 	length = blocksize - (offset & (blocksize - 1));