diff --git a/fs/ext4/hash.c b/fs/ext4/hash.c
index 46c3423ddfa1..deabe29da7fb 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/hash.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/hash.c
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ 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) && um &&
+	if (len && IS_CASEFOLDED(dir) &&
 	   (!IS_ENCRYPTED(dir) || fscrypt_has_encryption_key(dir))) {
 		buff = kzalloc(sizeof(char) * PATH_MAX, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!buff)
diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index 9a13431656cd..c0f0b4e2413b 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -1445,7 +1445,7 @@ int ext4_fname_setup_ci_filename(struct inode *dir, const struct qstr *iname,
 	struct dx_hash_info *hinfo = &name->hinfo;
 	int len;
 
-	if (!IS_CASEFOLDED(dir) || !dir->i_sb->s_encoding ||
+	if (!IS_CASEFOLDED(dir) ||
 	    (IS_ENCRYPTED(dir) && !fscrypt_has_encryption_key(dir))) {
 		cf_name->name = NULL;
 		return 0;
@@ -1496,7 +1496,7 @@ static bool ext4_match(struct inode *parent,
 #endif
 
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_UNICODE)
-	if (parent->i_sb->s_encoding && IS_CASEFOLDED(parent) &&
+	if (IS_CASEFOLDED(parent) &&
 	    (!IS_ENCRYPTED(parent) || fscrypt_has_encryption_key(parent))) {
 		if (fname->cf_name.name) {
 			struct qstr cf = {.name = fname->cf_name.name,
@@ -2393,7 +2393,7 @@ static int ext4_add_entry(handle_t *handle, struct dentry *dentry,
 
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_UNICODE)
 	if (sb_has_strict_encoding(sb) && IS_CASEFOLDED(dir) &&
-	    sb->s_encoding && utf8_validate(sb->s_encoding, &dentry->d_name))
+	    utf8_validate(sb->s_encoding, &dentry->d_name))
 		return -EINVAL;
 #endif