diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 6f944f5e4b3fc..9185131e01e57 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -5723,7 +5723,7 @@ static struct inode *ext4_get_journal_inode(struct super_block *sb,
 
 	ext4_debug("Journal inode found at %p: %lld bytes\n",
 		  journal_inode, journal_inode->i_size);
-	if (!S_ISREG(journal_inode->i_mode)) {
+	if (!S_ISREG(journal_inode->i_mode) || IS_ENCRYPTED(journal_inode)) {
 		ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "invalid journal inode");
 		iput(journal_inode);
 		return NULL;