diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 01e3a0047fed..bb77843de9d6 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ struct inodes_stat_t {
 #define S_NOCMTIME	128	/* Do not update file c/mtime */
 #define S_SWAPFILE	256	/* Do not truncate: swapon got its bmaps */
 #define S_PRIVATE	512	/* Inode is fs-internal */
+#define S_IMA		1024	/* Inode has an associated IMA struct */
 
 /*
  * Note that nosuid etc flags are inode-specific: setting some file-system
@@ -269,6 +270,7 @@ struct inodes_stat_t {
 #define IS_NOCMTIME(inode)	((inode)->i_flags & S_NOCMTIME)
 #define IS_SWAPFILE(inode)	((inode)->i_flags & S_SWAPFILE)
 #define IS_PRIVATE(inode)	((inode)->i_flags & S_PRIVATE)
+#define IS_IMA(inode)		((inode)->i_flags & S_IMA)
 
 /* the read-only stuff doesn't really belong here, but any other place is
    probably as bad and I don't want to create yet another include file. */
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_iint.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_iint.c
index 969a1c1cb333..c442e47b6785 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_iint.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_iint.c
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ struct ima_iint_cache *ima_iint_find(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct ima_iint_cache *iint;
 
+	if (!IS_IMA(inode))
+		return NULL;
+
 	spin_lock(&ima_iint_lock);
 	iint = __ima_iint_find(inode);
 	spin_unlock(&ima_iint_lock);
@@ -91,6 +94,7 @@ int ima_inode_alloc(struct inode *inode)
 	new_iint->inode = inode;
 	new_node = &new_iint->rb_node;
 
+	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex); /* i_flags */
 	spin_lock(&ima_iint_lock);
 
 	p = &ima_iint_tree.rb_node;
@@ -107,14 +111,17 @@ int ima_inode_alloc(struct inode *inode)
 			goto out_err;
 	}
 
+	inode->i_flags |= S_IMA;
 	rb_link_node(new_node, parent, p);
 	rb_insert_color(new_node, &ima_iint_tree);
 
 	spin_unlock(&ima_iint_lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex); /* i_flags */
 
 	return 0;
 out_err:
 	spin_unlock(&ima_iint_lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex); /* i_flags */
 	iint_free(new_iint);
 
 	return rc;
@@ -135,15 +142,14 @@ void ima_inode_free(struct inode *inode)
 
 	inode->i_readcount = 0;
 
+	if (!IS_IMA(inode))
+		return;
+
 	spin_lock(&ima_iint_lock);
 	iint = __ima_iint_find(inode);
-	if (iint)
-		rb_erase(&iint->rb_node, &ima_iint_tree);
+	rb_erase(&iint->rb_node, &ima_iint_tree);
 	spin_unlock(&ima_iint_lock);
 
-	if (!iint)
-		return;
-
 	iint_free(iint);
 }
 
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
index 1dccafef7494..60dd61527b1e 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ void ima_file_free(struct file *file)
 
 	if (!iint_initialized || !S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
 		return;
+
 	iint = ima_iint_find(inode);
 
 	if (iint)