diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/dir.c b/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
index 4582d5efc01e187ac78f09b34fffa36450844395..76b1edccbedd04d2b05af6c8e7c4dcc04ad283f4 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
@@ -803,10 +803,7 @@ static int ovl_rename(struct inode *olddir, struct dentry *old,
 		if (!overwrite && OVL_TYPE_MERGE_OR_LOWER(new_type) && new_is_dir)
 			goto out;
 	} else {
-		if (ovl_dentry_is_opaque(new))
-			new_type = __OVL_PATH_UPPER;
-		else
-			new_type = __OVL_PATH_UPPER | __OVL_PATH_PURE;
+		new_type = __OVL_PATH_UPPER;
 	}
 
 	err = ovl_want_write(old);
@@ -826,8 +823,8 @@ static int ovl_rename(struct inode *olddir, struct dentry *old,
 			goto out_drop_write;
 	}
 
-	old_opaque = !OVL_TYPE_PURE_UPPER(old_type);
-	new_opaque = !OVL_TYPE_PURE_UPPER(new_type);
+	old_opaque = ovl_dentry_is_opaque(old);
+	new_opaque = ovl_dentry_is_opaque(new);
 
 	old_cred = ovl_override_creds(old->d_sb);
 
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
index 2bd933aa622bf5fbb53796151eb5ec36b2fce9f9..f183d1db78bd8273971c079b368c962b634c331f 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
@@ -12,14 +12,12 @@
 struct ovl_entry;
 
 enum ovl_path_type {
-	__OVL_PATH_PURE		= (1 << 0),
-	__OVL_PATH_UPPER	= (1 << 1),
-	__OVL_PATH_MERGE	= (1 << 2),
+	__OVL_PATH_UPPER	= (1 << 0),
+	__OVL_PATH_MERGE	= (1 << 1),
 };
 
 #define OVL_TYPE_UPPER(type)	((type) & __OVL_PATH_UPPER)
 #define OVL_TYPE_MERGE(type)	((type) & __OVL_PATH_MERGE)
-#define OVL_TYPE_PURE_UPPER(type) ((type) & __OVL_PATH_PURE)
 #define OVL_TYPE_MERGE_OR_LOWER(type) \
 	(OVL_TYPE_MERGE(type) || !OVL_TYPE_UPPER(type))
 
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/super.c b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
index b58710b36157ee69f6c30e35d6dfef289ce6eedc..c0463fb80f413e2ffd3802f150bffddcec52b22f 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
@@ -80,12 +80,10 @@ enum ovl_path_type ovl_path_type(struct dentry *dentry)
 
 		/*
 		 * Non-dir dentry can hold lower dentry from previous
-		 * location. Its purity depends only on opaque flag.
+		 * location.
 		 */
 		if (oe->numlower && S_ISDIR(dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
 			type |= __OVL_PATH_MERGE;
-		else if (!oe->opaque)
-			type |= __OVL_PATH_PURE;
 	} else {
 		if (oe->numlower > 1)
 			type |= __OVL_PATH_MERGE;