diff --git a/fs/ceph/crypto.c b/fs/ceph/crypto.c
index e4d5cd56a80b..cc63f1e6fdef 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/crypto.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/crypto.c
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ static const union fscrypt_policy *ceph_get_dummy_policy(struct super_block *sb)
 }
 
 static struct fscrypt_operations ceph_fscrypt_ops = {
+	.needs_bounce_pages	= 1,
 	.get_context		= ceph_crypt_get_context,
 	.set_context		= ceph_crypt_set_context,
 	.get_dummy_policy	= ceph_get_dummy_policy,
diff --git a/fs/crypto/crypto.c b/fs/crypto/crypto.c
index 6a837e4b80dc..aed0c5ea7578 100644
--- a/fs/crypto/crypto.c
+++ b/fs/crypto/crypto.c
@@ -49,6 +49,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(fscrypt_enqueue_decrypt_work);
 
 struct page *fscrypt_alloc_bounce_page(gfp_t gfp_flags)
 {
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!fscrypt_bounce_page_pool)) {
+		/*
+		 * Oops, the filesystem called a function that uses the bounce
+		 * page pool, but it didn't set needs_bounce_pages.
+		 */
+		return NULL;
+	}
 	return mempool_alloc(fscrypt_bounce_page_pool, gfp_flags);
 }
 
@@ -325,7 +332,7 @@ int fscrypt_initialize(struct super_block *sb)
 		return 0;
 
 	/* No need to allocate a bounce page pool if this FS won't use it. */
-	if (sb->s_cop->flags & FS_CFLG_OWN_PAGES)
+	if (!sb->s_cop->needs_bounce_pages)
 		return 0;
 
 	mutex_lock(&fscrypt_init_mutex);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/crypto.c b/fs/ext4/crypto.c
index 99a4769a53f6..5cd7bcfae46b 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/crypto.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/crypto.c
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ static void ext4_get_ino_and_lblk_bits(struct super_block *sb,
 }
 
 const struct fscrypt_operations ext4_cryptops = {
+	.needs_bounce_pages	= 1,
 	.legacy_key_prefix	= "ext4:",
 	.get_context		= ext4_get_context,
 	.set_context		= ext4_set_context,
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/super.c b/fs/f2fs/super.c
index f60062b558fd..55aa0ed531f2 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/super.c
@@ -3231,6 +3231,7 @@ static struct block_device **f2fs_get_devices(struct super_block *sb,
 }
 
 static const struct fscrypt_operations f2fs_cryptops = {
+	.needs_bounce_pages	= 1,
 	.legacy_key_prefix	= "f2fs:",
 	.get_context		= f2fs_get_context,
 	.set_context		= f2fs_set_context,
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/crypto.c b/fs/ubifs/crypto.c
index 1be3e11da3b3..921f9033d0d2 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/crypto.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/crypto.c
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ int ubifs_decrypt(const struct inode *inode, struct ubifs_data_node *dn,
 }
 
 const struct fscrypt_operations ubifs_crypt_operations = {
-	.flags			= FS_CFLG_OWN_PAGES,
 	.legacy_key_prefix	= "ubifs:",
 	.get_context		= ubifs_crypt_get_context,
 	.set_context		= ubifs_crypt_set_context,
diff --git a/include/linux/fscrypt.h b/include/linux/fscrypt.h
index b0037566ce30..4505078e89b7 100644
--- a/include/linux/fscrypt.h
+++ b/include/linux/fscrypt.h
@@ -59,18 +59,20 @@ struct fscrypt_name {
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FS_ENCRYPTION
 
-/*
- * If set, the fscrypt bounce page pool won't be allocated (unless another
- * filesystem needs it).  Set this if the filesystem always uses its own bounce
- * pages for writes and therefore won't need the fscrypt bounce page pool.
- */
-#define FS_CFLG_OWN_PAGES (1U << 1)
-
 /* Crypto operations for filesystems */
 struct fscrypt_operations {
 
-	/* Set of optional flags; see above for allowed flags */
-	unsigned int flags;
+	/*
+	 * If set, then fs/crypto/ will allocate a global bounce page pool the
+	 * first time an encryption key is set up for a file.  The bounce page
+	 * pool is required by the following functions:
+	 *
+	 * - fscrypt_encrypt_pagecache_blocks()
+	 * - fscrypt_zeroout_range() for files not using inline crypto
+	 *
+	 * If the filesystem doesn't use those, it doesn't need to set this.
+	 */
+	unsigned int needs_bounce_pages : 1;
 
 	/*
 	 * This field exists only for backwards compatibility reasons and should