diff --git a/fs/ubifs/dir.c b/fs/ubifs/dir.c
index aedd545886cb0c27e220410c2a29da2980f2ca25..33f2da805c977c4419ddbb3778e8260a9220fa8a 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/dir.c
@@ -357,7 +357,6 @@ static struct inode *create_whiteout(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	umode_t mode = S_IFCHR | WHITEOUT_MODE;
 	struct inode *inode;
 	struct ubifs_info *c = dir->i_sb->s_fs_info;
-	struct fscrypt_name nm;
 
 	/*
 	 * Create an inode('nlink = 1') for whiteout without updating journal,
@@ -368,10 +367,6 @@ static struct inode *create_whiteout(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	dbg_gen("dent '%pd', mode %#hx in dir ino %lu",
 		dentry, mode, dir->i_ino);
 
-	err = fscrypt_setup_filename(dir, &dentry->d_name, 0, &nm);
-	if (err)
-		return ERR_PTR(err);
-
 	inode = ubifs_new_inode(c, dir, mode, false);
 	if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(inode);
@@ -394,7 +389,6 @@ static struct inode *create_whiteout(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	make_bad_inode(inode);
 	iput(inode);
 out_free:
-	fscrypt_free_filename(&nm);
 	ubifs_err(c, "cannot create whiteout file, error %d", err);
 	return ERR_PTR(err);
 }
@@ -490,6 +484,7 @@ static int ubifs_tmpfile(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	unlock_2_inodes(dir, inode);
 
 	ubifs_release_budget(c, &req);
+	fscrypt_free_filename(&nm);
 
 	return 0;