1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/readdir.c b/fs/overlayfs/readdir.c
index 7299e962f334..ab1e3dcbed95 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/readdir.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/readdir.c
@@ -450,10 +450,10 @@ static int ovl_dir_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end,
         /*
          * Need to check if we started out being a lower dir, but got copied up
          */
-        if (!od->is_upper && ovl_path_type(dentry) == OVL_PATH_MERGE) {
+        if (!od->is_upper && ovl_path_type(dentry) != OVL_PATH_LOWER) {
                 struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 
-                realfile =lockless_dereference(od->upperfile);
+                realfile = lockless_dereference(od->upperfile);
                 if (!realfile) {
                         struct path upperpath;