1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

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))