1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/readdir.c b/fs/overlayfs/readdir.c
index 0298463cf9c3..3d424a51cabb 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/readdir.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/readdir.c
@@ -703,7 +703,10 @@ int ovl_indexdir_cleanup(struct dentry *dentry, struct vfsmount *mnt,
                         err = PTR_ERR(index);
                         break;
                 }
-                if (ovl_verify_index(index, lowerstack, numlower)) {
+                err = ovl_verify_index(index, lowerstack, numlower);
+                if (err) {
+                        if (err == -EROFS)
+                                break;
                         err = ovl_cleanup(dir, index);
                         if (err)
                                 break;