1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/dir.c b/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
index a63a71656e9b..fcfa7de12ad5 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
@@ -1046,6 +1046,13 @@ static int ovl_rename(struct inode *olddir, struct dentry *old,
         if (cleanup_whiteout)
                 ovl_cleanup(old_upperdir->d_inode, newdentry);
 
+        if (overwrite && d_inode(new)) {
+                if (new_is_dir)
+                        clear_nlink(d_inode(new));
+                else
+                        drop_nlink(d_inode(new));
+        }
+
         ovl_dentry_version_inc(old->d_parent);
         ovl_dentry_version_inc(new->d_parent);