diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
index f69c451018e33defb493eef93b538b6507138422..62fe0b679e586ccbe181000fe94ed5e2b142b203 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
@@ -1585,16 +1585,25 @@ static int fanotify_test_fsid(struct dentry *dentry, __kernel_fsid_t *fsid)
 }
 
 /* Check if filesystem can encode a unique fid */
-static int fanotify_test_fid(struct dentry *dentry)
+static int fanotify_test_fid(struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int flags)
 {
+	unsigned int mark_type = flags & FANOTIFY_MARK_TYPE_BITS;
+	const struct export_operations *nop = dentry->d_sb->s_export_op;
+
+	/*
+	 * We need to make sure that the filesystem supports encoding of
+	 * file handles so user can use name_to_handle_at() to compare fids
+	 * reported with events to the file handle of watched objects.
+	 */
+	if (!nop)
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
 	/*
-	 * We need to make sure that the file system supports at least
-	 * encoding a file handle so user can use name_to_handle_at() to
-	 * compare fid returned with event to the file handle of watched
-	 * objects. However, even the relaxed AT_HANDLE_FID flag requires
-	 * at least empty export_operations for ecoding unique file ids.
+	 * For sb/mount mark, we also need to make sure that the filesystem
+	 * supports decoding file handles, so user has a way to map back the
+	 * reported fids to filesystem objects.
 	 */
-	if (!dentry->d_sb->s_export_op)
+	if (mark_type != FAN_MARK_INODE && !nop->fh_to_dentry)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
 	return 0;
@@ -1812,7 +1821,7 @@ static int do_fanotify_mark(int fanotify_fd, unsigned int flags, __u64 mask,
 		if (ret)
 			goto path_put_and_out;
 
-		ret = fanotify_test_fid(path.dentry);
+		ret = fanotify_test_fid(path.dentry, flags);
 		if (ret)
 			goto path_put_and_out;