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diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/dir.c b/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
index ce1857fb5434..c6289147c787 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
@@ -462,6 +462,10 @@ static int ovl_create_over_whiteout(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
if (IS_ERR(upper))
goto out_unlock;
+ err = -ESTALE;
+ if (d_is_negative(upper) || !IS_WHITEOUT(d_inode(upper)))
+ goto out_dput;
+
newdentry = ovl_create_temp(workdir, cattr);
err = PTR_ERR(newdentry);
if (IS_ERR(newdentry))