diff --git a/fs/crypto/hooks.c b/fs/crypto/hooks.c
index 7748db509240..a399c54947f2 100644
--- a/fs/crypto/hooks.c
+++ b/fs/crypto/hooks.c
@@ -166,12 +166,43 @@ int fscrypt_prepare_setflags(struct inode *inode,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int __fscrypt_prepare_symlink(struct inode *dir, unsigned int len,
-			      unsigned int max_len,
-			      struct fscrypt_str *disk_link)
+/**
+ * fscrypt_prepare_symlink() - prepare to create a possibly-encrypted symlink
+ * @dir: directory in which the symlink is being created
+ * @target: plaintext symlink target
+ * @len: length of @target excluding null terminator
+ * @max_len: space the filesystem has available to store the symlink target
+ * @disk_link: (out) the on-disk symlink target being prepared
+ *
+ * This function computes the size the symlink target will require on-disk,
+ * stores it in @disk_link->len, and validates it against @max_len.  An
+ * encrypted symlink may be longer than the original.
+ *
+ * Additionally, @disk_link->name is set to @target if the symlink will be
+ * unencrypted, but left NULL if the symlink will be encrypted.  For encrypted
+ * symlinks, the filesystem must call fscrypt_encrypt_symlink() to create the
+ * on-disk target later.  (The reason for the two-step process is that some
+ * filesystems need to know the size of the symlink target before creating the
+ * inode, e.g. to determine whether it will be a "fast" or "slow" symlink.)
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success, -ENAMETOOLONG if the symlink target is too long,
+ * -ENOKEY if the encryption key is missing, or another -errno code if a problem
+ * occurred while setting up the encryption key.
+ */
+int fscrypt_prepare_symlink(struct inode *dir, const char *target,
+			    unsigned int len, unsigned int max_len,
+			    struct fscrypt_str *disk_link)
 {
 	int err;
 
+	if (!IS_ENCRYPTED(dir) && !fscrypt_get_dummy_context(dir->i_sb)) {
+		disk_link->name = (unsigned char *)target;
+		disk_link->len = len + 1;
+		if (disk_link->len > max_len)
+			return -ENAMETOOLONG;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * To calculate the size of the encrypted symlink target we need to know
 	 * the amount of NUL padding, which is determined by the flags set in
@@ -207,7 +238,7 @@ int __fscrypt_prepare_symlink(struct inode *dir, unsigned int len,
 	disk_link->name = NULL;
 	return 0;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__fscrypt_prepare_symlink);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fscrypt_prepare_symlink);
 
 int __fscrypt_encrypt_symlink(struct inode *inode, const char *target,
 			      unsigned int len, struct fscrypt_str *disk_link)
diff --git a/include/linux/fscrypt.h b/include/linux/fscrypt.h
index 81d6ded24328..39e7397a3f10 100644
--- a/include/linux/fscrypt.h
+++ b/include/linux/fscrypt.h
@@ -225,9 +225,9 @@ int __fscrypt_prepare_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 			     struct fscrypt_name *fname);
 int fscrypt_prepare_setflags(struct inode *inode,
 			     unsigned int oldflags, unsigned int flags);
-int __fscrypt_prepare_symlink(struct inode *dir, unsigned int len,
-			      unsigned int max_len,
-			      struct fscrypt_str *disk_link);
+int fscrypt_prepare_symlink(struct inode *dir, const char *target,
+			    unsigned int len, unsigned int max_len,
+			    struct fscrypt_str *disk_link);
 int __fscrypt_encrypt_symlink(struct inode *inode, const char *target,
 			      unsigned int len, struct fscrypt_str *disk_link);
 const char *fscrypt_get_symlink(struct inode *inode, const void *caddr,
@@ -520,15 +520,21 @@ static inline int fscrypt_prepare_setflags(struct inode *inode,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static inline int __fscrypt_prepare_symlink(struct inode *dir,
-					    unsigned int len,
-					    unsigned int max_len,
-					    struct fscrypt_str *disk_link)
+static inline int fscrypt_prepare_symlink(struct inode *dir,
+					  const char *target,
+					  unsigned int len,
+					  unsigned int max_len,
+					  struct fscrypt_str *disk_link)
 {
-	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	if (IS_ENCRYPTED(dir))
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	disk_link->name = (unsigned char *)target;
+	disk_link->len = len + 1;
+	if (disk_link->len > max_len)
+		return -ENAMETOOLONG;
+	return 0;
 }
 
-
 static inline int __fscrypt_encrypt_symlink(struct inode *inode,
 					    const char *target,
 					    unsigned int len,
@@ -793,45 +799,6 @@ static inline int fscrypt_prepare_setattr(struct dentry *dentry,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/**
- * fscrypt_prepare_symlink() - prepare to create a possibly-encrypted symlink
- * @dir: directory in which the symlink is being created
- * @target: plaintext symlink target
- * @len: length of @target excluding null terminator
- * @max_len: space the filesystem has available to store the symlink target
- * @disk_link: (out) the on-disk symlink target being prepared
- *
- * This function computes the size the symlink target will require on-disk,
- * stores it in @disk_link->len, and validates it against @max_len.  An
- * encrypted symlink may be longer than the original.
- *
- * Additionally, @disk_link->name is set to @target if the symlink will be
- * unencrypted, but left NULL if the symlink will be encrypted.  For encrypted
- * symlinks, the filesystem must call fscrypt_encrypt_symlink() to create the
- * on-disk target later.  (The reason for the two-step process is that some
- * filesystems need to know the size of the symlink target before creating the
- * inode, e.g. to determine whether it will be a "fast" or "slow" symlink.)
- *
- * Return: 0 on success, -ENAMETOOLONG if the symlink target is too long,
- * -ENOKEY if the encryption key is missing, or another -errno code if a problem
- * occurred while setting up the encryption key.
- */
-static inline int fscrypt_prepare_symlink(struct inode *dir,
-					  const char *target,
-					  unsigned int len,
-					  unsigned int max_len,
-					  struct fscrypt_str *disk_link)
-{
-	if (IS_ENCRYPTED(dir) || fscrypt_get_dummy_context(dir->i_sb) != NULL)
-		return __fscrypt_prepare_symlink(dir, len, max_len, disk_link);
-
-	disk_link->name = (unsigned char *)target;
-	disk_link->len = len + 1;
-	if (disk_link->len > max_len)
-		return -ENAMETOOLONG;
-	return 0;
-}
-
 /**
  * fscrypt_encrypt_symlink() - encrypt the symlink target if needed
  * @inode: symlink inode