1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/super.c b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
index 07e4c576e93e..c245043aa1b9 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ enum ovl_path_type ovl_path_type(struct dentry *dentry)
                 } else if (!oe->opaque) {
                         type |= __OVL_PATH_PURE;
                 }
+        } else {
+                if (oe->numlower > 1)
+                        type |= __OVL_PATH_MERGE;
         }
         return type;
 }