diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/super.c b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
index 7fd216a89d9ab2dc525733112b5bf7749bb03e11..f3577395eca501262de3a46057e3c5b76c1d5ff9 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
@@ -407,7 +407,8 @@ static struct ovl_entry *ovl_alloc_entry(unsigned int numlower)
 static bool ovl_dentry_remote(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	return dentry->d_flags &
-		(DCACHE_OP_REVALIDATE | DCACHE_OP_WEAK_REVALIDATE);
+		(DCACHE_OP_REVALIDATE | DCACHE_OP_WEAK_REVALIDATE |
+		 DCACHE_OP_REAL);
 }
 
 static bool ovl_dentry_weird(struct dentry *dentry)