diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c
index 45df610debbe..465f07e70e6d 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c
@@ -609,7 +609,9 @@ static struct fanotify_event *fanotify_alloc_error_event(
 {
 	struct fs_error_report *report =
 			fsnotify_data_error_report(data, data_type);
+	struct inode *inode;
 	struct fanotify_error_event *fee;
+	int fh_len;
 
 	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!report))
 		return NULL;
@@ -622,6 +624,15 @@ static struct fanotify_event *fanotify_alloc_error_event(
 	fee->err_count = 1;
 	fee->fsid = *fsid;
 
+	inode = report->inode;
+	fh_len = fanotify_encode_fh_len(inode);
+
+	/* Bad fh_len. Fallback to using an invalid fh. Should never happen. */
+	if (!fh_len && inode)
+		inode = NULL;
+
+	fanotify_encode_fh(&fee->object_fh, inode, fh_len, NULL, 0);
+
 	*hash ^= fanotify_hash_fsid(fsid);
 
 	return &fee->fae;
diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.h b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.h
index 80af269eebb8..edd7587adcc5 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.h
+++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.h
@@ -208,6 +208,8 @@ struct fanotify_error_event {
 	u32 err_count; /* Suppressed errors count */
 
 	__kernel_fsid_t fsid; /* FSID this error refers to. */
+
+	FANOTIFY_INLINE_FH(object_fh, MAX_HANDLE_SZ);
 };
 
 static inline struct fanotify_error_event *
@@ -222,6 +224,8 @@ static inline __kernel_fsid_t *fanotify_event_fsid(struct fanotify_event *event)
 		return &FANOTIFY_FE(event)->fsid;
 	else if (event->type == FANOTIFY_EVENT_TYPE_FID_NAME)
 		return &FANOTIFY_NE(event)->fsid;
+	else if (event->type == FANOTIFY_EVENT_TYPE_FS_ERROR)
+		return &FANOTIFY_EE(event)->fsid;
 	else
 		return NULL;
 }
@@ -233,6 +237,8 @@ static inline struct fanotify_fh *fanotify_event_object_fh(
 		return &FANOTIFY_FE(event)->object_fh;
 	else if (event->type == FANOTIFY_EVENT_TYPE_FID_NAME)
 		return fanotify_info_file_fh(&FANOTIFY_NE(event)->info);
+	else if (event->type == FANOTIFY_EVENT_TYPE_FS_ERROR)
+		return &FANOTIFY_EE(event)->object_fh;
 	else
 		return NULL;
 }
@@ -266,6 +272,9 @@ static inline int fanotify_event_dir_fh_len(struct fanotify_event *event)
 
 static inline bool fanotify_event_has_object_fh(struct fanotify_event *event)
 {
+	/* For error events, even zeroed fh are reported. */
+	if (event->type == FANOTIFY_EVENT_TYPE_FS_ERROR)
+		return true;
 	return fanotify_event_object_fh_len(event) > 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
index c053038e1cf3..fa3dac9c59f6 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
@@ -339,9 +339,6 @@ static int copy_fid_info_to_user(__kernel_fsid_t *fsid, struct fanotify_fh *fh,
 	pr_debug("%s: fh_len=%zu name_len=%zu, info_len=%zu, count=%zu\n",
 		 __func__, fh_len, name_len, info_len, count);
 
-	if (!fh_len)
-		return 0;
-
 	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(len < sizeof(info) || len > count))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
@@ -376,6 +373,11 @@ static int copy_fid_info_to_user(__kernel_fsid_t *fsid, struct fanotify_fh *fh,
 
 	handle.handle_type = fh->type;
 	handle.handle_bytes = fh_len;
+
+	/* Mangle handle_type for bad file_handle */
+	if (!fh_len)
+		handle.handle_type = FILEID_INVALID;
+
 	if (copy_to_user(buf, &handle, sizeof(handle)))
 		return -EFAULT;