diff -wur a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -4766,8 +4766,9 @@ void ext4_set_inode_flags(struct inod
 		new_fl |= S_DIRSYNC;
 	if (ext4_should_use_dax(inode))
 		new_fl |= S_DAX;
-	if (flags & EXT4_ENCRYPT_FL)
+	if (flags & EXT4_ENCRYPT_FL &&
+	    unlikely(test_opt(inode->i_sb, DIRDATA) != EXT4_MOUNT_DIRDATA))
 		new_fl |= S_ENCRYPTED;
 	if (flags & EXT4_CASEFOLD_FL)
 		new_fl |= S_CASEFOLD;
 	if (flags & EXT4_VERITY_FL)
@@ -5753,8 +5757,9 @@ int ext4_getattr(const struct path *p
 		stat->attributes |= STATX_ATTR_APPEND;
 	if (flags & EXT4_COMPR_FL)
 		stat->attributes |= STATX_ATTR_COMPRESSED;
-	if (flags & EXT4_ENCRYPT_FL)
+	if (flags & EXT4_ENCRYPT_FL &&
+	    unlikely(test_opt(inode->i_sb, DIRDATA) != EXT4_MOUNT_DIRDATA))
 		stat->attributes |= STATX_ATTR_ENCRYPTED;
 	if (flags & EXT4_IMMUTABLE_FL)
 		stat->attributes |= STATX_ATTR_IMMUTABLE;
 	if (flags & EXT4_NODUMP_FL)
diff -wur a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -654,6 +654,7 @@
 	up_read(&EXT4_I(inode)->xattr_sem);
 	return error;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ext4_xattr_get);
 
 static int
 ext4_xattr_list_entries(struct dentry *dentry, struct ext4_xattr_entry *entry,
@@ -2413,12 +2415,17 @@
 			ext4_handle_sync(handle);
 	}
 
+	if (!error && name_index == EXT4_XATTR_INDEX_ENCRYPTION &&
+	    strcmp(name, "c") == 0)
+		EXT4_I(inode)->i_flags |= EXT4_ENCRYPT_FL;
+
 cleanup:
 	brelse(is.iloc.bh);
 	brelse(bs.bh);
 	ext4_write_unlock_xattr(inode, &no_expand);
 	return error;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ext4_xattr_set_handle);
 
 int ext4_xattr_set_credits(struct inode *inode, size_t value_len,
 			    bool is_create, int *credits)