diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/dir.c b/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
index b2aadd3e1fec94028fe5d93c38914676e2de363c..336f04da80eda3645abc640acbbbd62b44ccca1f 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ static int ovl_instantiate(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
 		 * hashed directory inode aliases.
 		 */
 		inode = ovl_get_inode(dentry->d_sb, &oip);
-		if (WARN_ON(IS_ERR(inode)))
+		if (IS_ERR(inode))
 			return PTR_ERR(inode);
 	} else {
 		WARN_ON(ovl_inode_real(inode) != d_inode(newdentry));
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
index 3b7ed5d2279c6a8efde8180471bde94ef1020964..b48273e846adc524eeaa50bde608a93b8bdeb102 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
@@ -832,7 +832,7 @@ struct inode *ovl_get_inode(struct super_block *sb,
 	int fsid = bylower ? oip->lowerpath->layer->fsid : 0;
 	bool is_dir, metacopy = false;
 	unsigned long ino = 0;
-	int err = -ENOMEM;
+	int err = oip->newinode ? -EEXIST : -ENOMEM;
 
 	if (!realinode)
 		realinode = d_inode(lowerdentry);
@@ -917,6 +917,7 @@ struct inode *ovl_get_inode(struct super_block *sb,
 	return inode;
 
 out_err:
+	pr_warn_ratelimited("overlayfs: failed to get inode (%i)\n", err);
 	inode = ERR_PTR(err);
 	goto out;
 }