diff --git a/fs/ext4/dir.c b/fs/ext4/dir.c
index 86054f31fe4d..9fdd2b269d61 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/dir.c
@@ -668,14 +668,15 @@ static int ext4_d_compare(const struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int len,
 			  const char *str, const struct qstr *name)
 {
 	struct qstr qstr = {.name = str, .len = len };
+	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_parent->d_inode;
 
-	if (!IS_CASEFOLDED(dentry->d_parent->d_inode)) {
+	if (!IS_CASEFOLDED(inode) || !EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_encoding) {
 		if (len != name->len)
 			return -1;
 		return memcmp(str, name->name, len);
 	}
 
-	return ext4_ci_compare(dentry->d_parent->d_inode, name, &qstr, false);
+	return ext4_ci_compare(inode, name, &qstr, false);
 }
 
 static int ext4_d_hash(const struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *str)
@@ -685,7 +686,7 @@ static int ext4_d_hash(const struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *str)
 	unsigned char *norm;
 	int len, ret = 0;
 
-	if (!IS_CASEFOLDED(dentry->d_inode))
+	if (!IS_CASEFOLDED(dentry->d_inode) || !um)
 		return 0;
 
 	norm = kmalloc(PATH_MAX, GFP_ATOMIC);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/hash.c b/fs/ext4/hash.c
index d358bfcb6b3f..3e133793a5a3 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/hash.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/hash.c
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ int ext4fs_dirhash(const struct inode *dir, const char *name, int len,
 	unsigned char *buff;
 	struct qstr qstr = {.name = name, .len = len };
 
-	if (len && IS_CASEFOLDED(dir)) {
+	if (len && IS_CASEFOLDED(dir) && um) {
 		buff = kzalloc(sizeof(char) * PATH_MAX, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!buff)
 			return -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index e567f0229d4e..4e271b509af1 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -5067,6 +5067,9 @@ struct inode *__ext4_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino,
 				 "iget: bogus i_mode (%o)", inode->i_mode);
 		goto bad_inode;
 	}
+	if (IS_CASEFOLDED(inode) && !ext4_has_feature_casefold(inode->i_sb))
+		ext4_error_inode(inode, function, line, 0,
+				 "casefold flag without casefold feature");
 	brelse(iloc.bh);
 
 	unlock_new_inode(inode);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index 129029534075..a427d2031a8d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -1312,7 +1312,7 @@ void ext4_fname_setup_ci_filename(struct inode *dir, const struct qstr *iname,
 {
 	int len;
 
-	if (!IS_CASEFOLDED(dir)) {
+	if (!IS_CASEFOLDED(dir) || !EXT4_SB(dir->i_sb)->s_encoding) {
 		cf_name->name = NULL;
 		return;
 	}
@@ -2183,7 +2183,7 @@ static int ext4_add_entry(handle_t *handle, struct dentry *dentry,
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_UNICODE
 	if (ext4_has_strict_mode(sbi) && IS_CASEFOLDED(dir) &&
-	    utf8_validate(sbi->s_encoding, &dentry->d_name))
+	    sbi->s_encoding && utf8_validate(sbi->s_encoding, &dentry->d_name))
 		return -EINVAL;
 #endif