diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
index 4f4964eeb0861eccf20f90ca67d2b3059e908ee8..a138bb3bc2a5de49edbfd85292362ef1eee3584b 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
@@ -203,8 +203,14 @@ int ovl_getattr(const struct path *path, struct kstat *stat,
 			if (ovl_test_flag(OVL_INDEX, d_inode(dentry)) ||
 			    (!ovl_verify_lower(dentry->d_sb) &&
 			     (is_dir || lowerstat.nlink == 1))) {
-				stat->ino = lowerstat.ino;
 				lower_layer = ovl_layer_lower(dentry);
+				/*
+				 * Cannot use origin st_dev;st_ino because
+				 * origin inode content may differ from overlay
+				 * inode content.
+				 */
+				if (samefs || lower_layer->fsid)
+					stat->ino = lowerstat.ino;
 			}
 
 			/*