diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index bc282f9d0969..f622d4a577e3 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -3944,6 +3944,10 @@ static int ext4_block_truncate_page(handle_t *handle,
 	unsigned blocksize;
 	struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
 
+	/* If we are processing an encrypted inode during orphan list handling */
+	if (ext4_encrypted_inode(inode) && !fscrypt_has_encryption_key(inode))
+		return 0;
+
 	blocksize = inode->i_sb->s_blocksize;
 	length = blocksize - (offset & (blocksize - 1));