diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c b/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c
index f6caeb1d110621e7c24c1ab0b714f5774e333a93..bdca1f4b3a3e834d14a5913caf45dc7871b2734c 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c
@@ -946,6 +946,8 @@ static int ecryptfs_copy_mount_wide_sigs_to_inode_sigs(
 	list_for_each_entry(global_auth_tok,
 			    &mount_crypt_stat->global_auth_tok_list,
 			    mount_crypt_stat_list) {
+		if (global_auth_tok->flags & ECRYPTFS_AUTH_TOK_FNEK)
+			continue;
 		rc = ecryptfs_add_keysig(crypt_stat, global_auth_tok->sig);
 		if (rc) {
 			printk(KERN_ERR "Error adding keysig; rc = [%d]\n", rc);
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/ecryptfs_kernel.h b/fs/ecryptfs/ecryptfs_kernel.h
index c11fc95714abe5208f7eecdbe7f528e9ab0befd3..eb2267eca1fe5966b63acfb59dc79727a1c034cc 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/ecryptfs_kernel.h
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/ecryptfs_kernel.h
@@ -328,6 +328,7 @@ struct ecryptfs_dentry_info {
  */
 struct ecryptfs_global_auth_tok {
 #define ECRYPTFS_AUTH_TOK_INVALID 0x00000001
+#define ECRYPTFS_AUTH_TOK_FNEK    0x00000002
 	u32 flags;
 	struct list_head mount_crypt_stat_list;
 	struct key *global_auth_tok_key;
@@ -696,7 +697,7 @@ ecryptfs_write_header_metadata(char *virt,
 int ecryptfs_add_keysig(struct ecryptfs_crypt_stat *crypt_stat, char *sig);
 int
 ecryptfs_add_global_auth_tok(struct ecryptfs_mount_crypt_stat *mount_crypt_stat,
-			   char *sig);
+			   char *sig, u32 global_auth_tok_flags);
 int ecryptfs_get_global_auth_tok_for_sig(
 	struct ecryptfs_global_auth_tok **global_auth_tok,
 	struct ecryptfs_mount_crypt_stat *mount_crypt_stat, char *sig);
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/keystore.c b/fs/ecryptfs/keystore.c
index ff539420cc6f0f4f319bd37ebe82123ae3c691d2..e4a6223c314594c71402ef373ee0e6e092d55bd3 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/keystore.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/keystore.c
@@ -2375,7 +2375,7 @@ struct kmem_cache *ecryptfs_global_auth_tok_cache;
 
 int
 ecryptfs_add_global_auth_tok(struct ecryptfs_mount_crypt_stat *mount_crypt_stat,
-			     char *sig)
+			     char *sig, u32 global_auth_tok_flags)
 {
 	struct ecryptfs_global_auth_tok *new_auth_tok;
 	int rc = 0;
@@ -2389,6 +2389,7 @@ ecryptfs_add_global_auth_tok(struct ecryptfs_mount_crypt_stat *mount_crypt_stat,
 		goto out;
 	}
 	memcpy(new_auth_tok->sig, sig, ECRYPTFS_SIG_SIZE_HEX);
+	new_auth_tok->flags = global_auth_tok_flags;
 	new_auth_tok->sig[ECRYPTFS_SIG_SIZE_HEX] = '\0';
 	mutex_lock(&mount_crypt_stat->global_auth_tok_list_mutex);
 	list_add(&new_auth_tok->mount_crypt_stat_list,
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/main.c b/fs/ecryptfs/main.c
index 789cf2e1be1e65f545ee1e746eab4fdf66ca190a..aed56c25539bcdede1c4f6056f44c575baceb87a 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/main.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/main.c
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ static int ecryptfs_parse_options(struct super_block *sb, char *options)
 		case ecryptfs_opt_ecryptfs_sig:
 			sig_src = args[0].from;
 			rc = ecryptfs_add_global_auth_tok(mount_crypt_stat,
-							  sig_src);
+							  sig_src, 0);
 			if (rc) {
 				printk(KERN_ERR "Error attempting to register "
 				       "global sig; rc = [%d]\n", rc);
@@ -370,7 +370,8 @@ static int ecryptfs_parse_options(struct super_block *sb, char *options)
 				ECRYPTFS_SIG_SIZE_HEX] = '\0';
 			rc = ecryptfs_add_global_auth_tok(
 				mount_crypt_stat,
-				mount_crypt_stat->global_default_fnek_sig);
+				mount_crypt_stat->global_default_fnek_sig,
+				ECRYPTFS_AUTH_TOK_FNEK);
 			if (rc) {
 				printk(KERN_ERR "Error attempting to register "
 				       "global fnek sig [%s]; rc = [%d]\n",