diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/main.c b/fs/ecryptfs/main.c
index df217dc9f1d9fa7e18b669b580ae0ca3836a2862..923f6aa09cb371bd7169483ed8cada69bf08df0b 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/main.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/main.c
@@ -279,6 +279,7 @@ static int ecryptfs_parse_options(struct ecryptfs_sb_info *sbi, char *options,
 	char *fnek_src;
 	char *cipher_key_bytes_src;
 	char *fn_cipher_key_bytes_src;
+	u8 cipher_code;
 
 	*check_ruid = 0;
 
@@ -420,6 +421,18 @@ static int ecryptfs_parse_options(struct ecryptfs_sb_info *sbi, char *options,
 	    && !fn_cipher_key_bytes_set)
 		mount_crypt_stat->global_default_fn_cipher_key_bytes =
 			mount_crypt_stat->global_default_cipher_key_size;
+
+	cipher_code = ecryptfs_code_for_cipher_string(
+		mount_crypt_stat->global_default_cipher_name,
+		mount_crypt_stat->global_default_cipher_key_size);
+	if (!cipher_code) {
+		ecryptfs_printk(KERN_ERR,
+				"eCryptfs doesn't support cipher: %s",
+				mount_crypt_stat->global_default_cipher_name);
+		rc = -EINVAL;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	mutex_lock(&key_tfm_list_mutex);
 	if (!ecryptfs_tfm_exists(mount_crypt_stat->global_default_cipher_name,
 				 NULL)) {