diff --git a/block/bio-integrity-fs.c b/block/bio-integrity-fs.c
index 9c5fe5fa8f0d..692403dfa047 100644
--- a/block/bio-integrity-fs.c
+++ b/block/bio-integrity-fs.c
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ void fs_bio_integrity_free(struct bio *bio)
 
 void fs_bio_integrity_generate(struct bio *bio)
 {
-	if (fs_bio_integrity_alloc(bio))
+	if (fs_bio_integrity_alloc(bio) &&
+	    (bio_integrity(bio)->bip_flags & BIP_CHECK_FLAGS))
 		bio_integrity_generate(bio);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fs_bio_integrity_generate);
@@ -60,6 +61,9 @@ int fs_bio_integrity_verify(struct bio *bio, sector_t sector, unsigned int size)
 		.bi_size	= size,
 	};
 
+	if (!bip || !(bip->bip_flags & BIP_CHECK_FLAGS))
+		return 0;
+
 	/*
 	 * Reinitialize bip->bip_iter.
 	 *