diff --git a/fs/crypto/hooks.c b/fs/crypto/hooks.c
index 042d5b4..2dc2254 100644
--- a/fs/crypto/hooks.c
+++ b/fs/crypto/hooks.c
@@ -189,11 +189,9 @@
 	sd->len = cpu_to_le16(ciphertext_len);
 
 	err = fname_encrypt(inode, &iname, sd->encrypted_path, ciphertext_len);
-	if (err) {
-		if (!disk_link->name)
-			kfree(sd);
-		return err;
-	}
+	if (err)
+		goto err_free_sd;
+
 	/*
 	 * Null-terminating the ciphertext doesn't make sense, but we still
 	 * count the null terminator in the length, so we might as well
@@ -201,9 +199,20 @@
 	 */
 	sd->encrypted_path[ciphertext_len] = '\0';
 
+	/* Cache the plaintext symlink target for later use by get_link() */
+	err = -ENOMEM;
+	inode->i_link = kmemdup(target, len + 1, GFP_NOFS);
+	if (!inode->i_link)
+		goto err_free_sd;
+
 	if (!disk_link->name)
 		disk_link->name = (unsigned char *)sd;
 	return 0;
+
+err_free_sd:
+	if (!disk_link->name)
+		kfree(sd);
+	return err;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__fscrypt_encrypt_symlink);
 
@@ -212,7 +221,7 @@
  * @inode: the symlink inode
  * @caddr: the on-disk contents of the symlink
  * @max_size: size of @caddr buffer
- * @done: if successful, will be set up to free the returned target
+ * @done: if successful, will be set up to free the returned target if needed
  *
  * If the symlink's encryption key is available, we decrypt its target.
  * Otherwise, we encode its target for presentation.
@@ -227,12 +236,18 @@
 {
 	const struct fscrypt_symlink_data *sd;
 	struct fscrypt_str cstr, pstr;
+	bool has_key;
 	int err;
 
 	/* This is for encrypted symlinks only */
 	if (WARN_ON(!IS_ENCRYPTED(inode)))
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 
+	/* If the decrypted target is already cached, just return it. */
+	pstr.name = READ_ONCE(inode->i_link);
+	if (pstr.name)
+		return pstr.name;
+
 	/*
 	 * Try to set up the symlink's encryption key, but we can continue
 	 * regardless of whether the key is available or not.
@@ -240,6 +255,7 @@
 	err = fscrypt_get_encryption_info(inode);
 	if (err)
 		return ERR_PTR(err);
+	has_key = fscrypt_has_encryption_key(inode);
 
 	/*
 	 * For historical reasons, encrypted symlink targets are prefixed with
@@ -271,7 +287,17 @@
 		goto err_kfree;
 
 	pstr.name[pstr.len] = '\0';
-	set_delayed_call(done, kfree_link, pstr.name);
+
+	/*
+	 * Cache decrypted symlink targets in i_link for later use.  Don't cache
+	 * symlink targets encoded without the key, since those become outdated
+	 * once the key is added.  This pairs with the READ_ONCE() above and in
+	 * the VFS path lookup code.
+	 */
+	if (!has_key ||
+	    cmpxchg_release(&inode->i_link, NULL, pstr.name) != NULL)
+		set_delayed_call(done, kfree_link, pstr.name);
+
 	return pstr.name;
 
 err_kfree:
diff --git a/fs/crypto/keyinfo.c b/fs/crypto/keyinfo.c
index 5e5642a..37c58da 100644
--- a/fs/crypto/keyinfo.c
+++ b/fs/crypto/keyinfo.c
@@ -583,9 +583,30 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(fscrypt_get_encryption_info);
 
+/**
+ * fscrypt_put_encryption_info - free most of an inode's fscrypt data
+ *
+ * Free the inode's fscrypt_info.  Filesystems must call this when the inode is
+ * being evicted.  An RCU grace period need not have elapsed yet.
+ */
 void fscrypt_put_encryption_info(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	put_crypt_info(inode->i_crypt_info);
 	inode->i_crypt_info = NULL;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(fscrypt_put_encryption_info);
+
+/**
+ * fscrypt_free_inode - free an inode's fscrypt data requiring RCU delay
+ *
+ * Free the inode's cached decrypted symlink target, if any.  Filesystems must
+ * call this after an RCU grace period, just before they free the inode.
+ */
+void fscrypt_free_inode(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	if (IS_ENCRYPTED(inode) && S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode)) {
+		kfree(inode->i_link);
+		inode->i_link = NULL;
+	}
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(fscrypt_free_inode);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index d086f1b1..2561a8d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -964,6 +964,9 @@
 static void ext4_i_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = container_of(head, struct inode, i_rcu);
+
+	fscrypt_free_inode(inode);
+
 	kmem_cache_free(ext4_inode_cachep, EXT4_I(inode));
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/super.c b/fs/f2fs/super.c
index 841c811..aba1384 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/super.c
@@ -982,6 +982,9 @@
 static void f2fs_i_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = container_of(head, struct inode, i_rcu);
+
+	fscrypt_free_inode(inode);
+
 	kmem_cache_free(f2fs_inode_cachep, F2FS_I(inode));
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/fscrypt.h b/include/linux/fscrypt.h
index 59920de..fb82956 100644
--- a/include/linux/fscrypt.h
+++ b/include/linux/fscrypt.h
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@
 /* keyinfo.c */
 extern int fscrypt_get_encryption_info(struct inode *);
 extern void fscrypt_put_encryption_info(struct inode *);
+extern void fscrypt_free_inode(struct inode *);
 
 /* fname.c */
 extern int fscrypt_setup_filename(struct inode *, const struct qstr *,
@@ -321,6 +322,10 @@
 	return;
 }
 
+static inline void fscrypt_free_inode(struct inode *inode)
+{
+}
+
  /* fname.c */
 static inline int fscrypt_setup_filename(struct inode *dir,
 					 const struct qstr *iname,