diff --git a/include/linux/evm.h b/include/linux/evm.h
index 62deb6557d37f4beb5052933b0c48f65f413809d..ea603c9e775df3426b28afc4ca3c76f726914ce0 100644
--- a/include/linux/evm.h
+++ b/include/linux/evm.h
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ static inline int evm_inode_init_security(struct inode *inode,
 					  const struct xattr *xattr_array,
 					  struct xattr *evm)
 {
-	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_EVM_H */
diff --git a/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c b/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c
index 8fc5b5d7ceaaa77097b0cf5f14a86880ba0961c3..f0127e536f849ad7bee146d3b350ba8d0ead4dc0 100644
--- a/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c
+++ b/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ int evm_inode_init_security(struct inode *inode,
 	int rc;
 
 	if (!evm_initialized || !evm_protected_xattr(lsm_xattr->name))
-		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+		return 0;
 
 	xattr_data = kzalloc(sizeof(*xattr_data), GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!xattr_data)