diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/super.c b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
index 704b373114671cca9d8136a9bbed769b0a75dd69..211975921a90d51830bb17e7f3bac1437d606093 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
@@ -97,6 +97,10 @@ static struct dentry *ovl_d_real(struct dentry *dentry,
 	struct dentry *real;
 	int err;
 
+	/* It's an overlay file */
+	if (inode && d_inode(dentry) == inode)
+		return dentry;
+
 	if (flags & D_REAL_UPPER)
 		return ovl_dentry_upper(dentry);