1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/super.c b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
index 9ee37c76091d..7c24619ae7fc 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
@@ -1359,6 +1359,7 @@ static int ovl_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 
         /* Root is always merge -> can have whiteouts */
         ovl_set_flag(OVL_WHITEOUTS, d_inode(root_dentry));
+        ovl_dentry_set_flag(OVL_E_CONNECTED, root_dentry);
         ovl_inode_init(d_inode(root_dentry), upperpath.dentry,
                        ovl_dentry_lower(root_dentry));