diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index d3e1539c680b..73482fc86561 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ int ext4_issue_zeroout(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t lblk, ext4_fsblk_t pblk,
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	if (IS_ENCRYPTED(inode))
+	if (IS_ENCRYPTED(inode) && S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
 		return fscrypt_zeroout_range(inode, lblk, pblk, len);
 
 	ret = sb_issue_zeroout(inode->i_sb, pblk, len, GFP_NOFS);