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-rw-r--r--fs/overlayfs/dir.c2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/dir.c b/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
index ab50bd111feb..dcae3ac5aa76 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ static int ovl_remove_and_whiteout(struct dentry *dentry, bool is_dir)
struct dentry *opaquedir = NULL;
int err;
- if (is_dir) {
+ if (is_dir && OVL_TYPE_MERGE_OR_LOWER(ovl_path_type(dentry))) {
opaquedir = ovl_check_empty_and_clear(dentry);
err = PTR_ERR(opaquedir);
if (IS_ERR(opaquedir))