iint->evm_status == INTEGRITY_PASS_IMMUTABLE))
                return iint->evm_status;
 
-       if (is_unsupported_fs(dentry))
+       /*
+        * On unsupported filesystems without EVM_INIT_X509 enabled, skip
+        * signature verification.
+        */
+       if (!(evm_initialized & EVM_INIT_X509) && is_unsupported_fs(dentry))
                return INTEGRITY_UNKNOWN;
 
        /* if status is not PASS, try to check again - against -ENOMEM */
                                evm_status = INTEGRITY_PASS_IMMUTABLE;
                        } else if (!IS_RDONLY(inode) &&
                                   !(inode->i_sb->s_readonly_remount) &&
-                                  !IS_IMMUTABLE(inode)) {
+                                  !IS_IMMUTABLE(inode) &&
+                                  !is_unsupported_fs(dentry)) {
                                evm_update_evmxattr(dentry, xattr_name,
                                                    xattr_value,
                                                    xattr_value_len);
        if (!evm_key_loaded() || !evm_protected_xattr(xattr_name))
                return INTEGRITY_UNKNOWN;
 
-       if (is_unsupported_fs(dentry))
-               return INTEGRITY_UNKNOWN;
-
        return evm_verify_hmac(dentry, xattr_name, xattr_value,
                                 xattr_value_len);
 }