diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 32ceae3e611297a9e2ff99c6be92c544026c870d..d5ecc6e477daa3ef63d630a42954ea57cb6d1e5b 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -1667,7 +1667,8 @@ void d_set_d_op(struct dentry *dentry, const struct dentry_operations *op)
 				DCACHE_OP_REVALIDATE	|
 				DCACHE_OP_WEAK_REVALIDATE	|
 				DCACHE_OP_DELETE	|
-				DCACHE_OP_SELECT_INODE));
+				DCACHE_OP_SELECT_INODE	|
+				DCACHE_OP_REAL));
 	dentry->d_op = op;
 	if (!op)
 		return;
@@ -1685,6 +1686,8 @@ void d_set_d_op(struct dentry *dentry, const struct dentry_operations *op)
 		dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_OP_PRUNE;
 	if (op->d_select_inode)
 		dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_OP_SELECT_INODE;
+	if (op->d_real)
+		dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_OP_REAL;
 
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_set_d_op);
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/super.c b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
index ef64984c9bbcec1f765ed0601dbfb9082bc44f42..5d972e6cd3fe97fcae5c782b59c72c0007668566 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
@@ -295,6 +295,37 @@ static void ovl_dentry_release(struct dentry *dentry)
 	}
 }
 
+static struct dentry *ovl_d_real(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode)
+{
+	struct dentry *real;
+
+	if (d_is_dir(dentry)) {
+		if (!inode || inode == d_inode(dentry))
+			return dentry;
+		goto bug;
+	}
+
+	real = ovl_dentry_upper(dentry);
+	if (real && (!inode || inode == d_inode(real)))
+		return real;
+
+	real = ovl_dentry_lower(dentry);
+	if (!real)
+		goto bug;
+
+	if (!inode || inode == d_inode(real))
+		return real;
+
+	/* Handle recursion */
+	if (real->d_flags & DCACHE_OP_REAL)
+		return real->d_op->d_real(real, inode);
+
+bug:
+	WARN(1, "ovl_d_real(%pd4, %s:%lu\n): real dentry not found\n", dentry,
+	     inode ? inode->i_sb->s_id : "NULL", inode ? inode->i_ino : 0);
+	return dentry;
+}
+
 static int ovl_dentry_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	struct ovl_entry *oe = dentry->d_fsdata;
@@ -339,11 +370,13 @@ static int ovl_dentry_weak_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int flags)
 static const struct dentry_operations ovl_dentry_operations = {
 	.d_release = ovl_dentry_release,
 	.d_select_inode = ovl_d_select_inode,
+	.d_real = ovl_d_real,
 };
 
 static const struct dentry_operations ovl_reval_dentry_operations = {
 	.d_release = ovl_dentry_release,
 	.d_select_inode = ovl_d_select_inode,
+	.d_real = ovl_d_real,
 	.d_revalidate = ovl_dentry_revalidate,
 	.d_weak_revalidate = ovl_dentry_weak_revalidate,
 };
diff --git a/include/linux/dcache.h b/include/linux/dcache.h
index 7cb043d8f4e8079cb1156e22b43e3a287a61294f..4bb4de8d95ea5869000db22baa662451c6acd1a0 100644
--- a/include/linux/dcache.h
+++ b/include/linux/dcache.h
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ struct dentry_operations {
 	struct vfsmount *(*d_automount)(struct path *);
 	int (*d_manage)(struct dentry *, bool);
 	struct inode *(*d_select_inode)(struct dentry *, unsigned);
+	struct dentry *(*d_real)(struct dentry *, struct inode *);
 } ____cacheline_aligned;
 
 /*
@@ -229,6 +230,7 @@ struct dentry_operations {
 #define DCACHE_OP_SELECT_INODE		0x02000000 /* Unioned entry: dcache op selects inode */
 
 #define DCACHE_ENCRYPTED_WITH_KEY	0x04000000 /* dir is encrypted with a valid key */
+#define DCACHE_OP_REAL			0x08000000
 
 extern seqlock_t rename_lock;
 
@@ -555,4 +557,12 @@ static inline struct dentry *d_backing_dentry(struct dentry *upper)
 	return upper;
 }
 
+static inline struct dentry *d_real(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	if (unlikely(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_OP_REAL))
+		return dentry->d_op->d_real(dentry, NULL);
+	else
+		return dentry;
+}
+
 #endif	/* __LINUX_DCACHE_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 35d99266ca9a392b695f39dc5fc1f7c03cc7bf80..b2ed2311b021fb4d7b4f22c93981986debad6000 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1241,6 +1241,16 @@ static inline struct inode *file_inode(const struct file *f)
 	return f->f_inode;
 }
 
+static inline struct dentry *file_dentry(const struct file *file)
+{
+	struct dentry *dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
+
+	if (unlikely(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_OP_REAL))
+		return dentry->d_op->d_real(dentry, file_inode(file));
+	else
+		return dentry;
+}
+
 static inline int locks_lock_file_wait(struct file *filp, struct file_lock *fl)
 {
 	return locks_lock_inode_wait(file_inode(filp), fl);