diff --git a/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c b/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c
index f589c9a0..10f9943 100644
--- a/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c
+++ b/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 
 static int evm_find_protected_xattrs(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = d_backing_inode(dentry);
 	char **xattr;
 	int error;
 	int count = 0;
@@ -165,8 +165,8 @@
 			/* Replace RSA with HMAC if not mounted readonly and
 			 * not immutable
 			 */
-			if (!IS_RDONLY(dentry->d_inode) &&
-			    !IS_IMMUTABLE(dentry->d_inode))
+			if (!IS_RDONLY(d_backing_inode(dentry)) &&
+			    !IS_IMMUTABLE(d_backing_inode(dentry)))
 				evm_update_evmxattr(dentry, xattr_name,
 						    xattr_value,
 						    xattr_value_len);
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@
 		return INTEGRITY_UNKNOWN;
 
 	if (!iint) {
-		iint = integrity_iint_find(dentry->d_inode);
+		iint = integrity_iint_find(d_backing_inode(dentry));
 		if (!iint)
 			return INTEGRITY_UNKNOWN;
 	}
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@
  */
 static enum integrity_status evm_verify_current_integrity(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = d_backing_inode(dentry);
 
 	if (!evm_initialized || !S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) || evm_fixmode)
 		return 0;
@@ -293,13 +293,13 @@
 	if (evm_status == INTEGRITY_NOXATTRS) {
 		struct integrity_iint_cache *iint;
 
-		iint = integrity_iint_find(dentry->d_inode);
+		iint = integrity_iint_find(d_backing_inode(dentry));
 		if (iint && (iint->flags & IMA_NEW_FILE))
 			return 0;
 	}
 out:
 	if (evm_status != INTEGRITY_PASS)
-		integrity_audit_msg(AUDIT_INTEGRITY_METADATA, dentry->d_inode,
+		integrity_audit_msg(AUDIT_INTEGRITY_METADATA, d_backing_inode(dentry),
 				    dentry->d_name.name, "appraise_metadata",
 				    integrity_status_msg[evm_status],
 				    -EPERM, 0);
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@
  */
 void evm_inode_post_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *xattr_name)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = d_backing_inode(dentry);
 
 	if (!evm_initialized || !evm_protected_xattr(xattr_name))
 		return;
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@
 	if ((evm_status == INTEGRITY_PASS) ||
 	    (evm_status == INTEGRITY_NOXATTRS))
 		return 0;
-	integrity_audit_msg(AUDIT_INTEGRITY_METADATA, dentry->d_inode,
+	integrity_audit_msg(AUDIT_INTEGRITY_METADATA, d_backing_inode(dentry),
 			    dentry->d_name.name, "appraise_metadata",
 			    integrity_status_msg[evm_status], -EPERM, 0);
 	return -EPERM;