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diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/namei.c b/fs/overlayfs/namei.c
index 03d8c5132477..35418317ecf2 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/namei.c
@@ -56,6 +56,15 @@ static int ovl_check_redirect(struct dentry *dentry, struct ovl_lookup_data *d,
if (s == next)
goto invalid;
}
+ /*
+ * One of the ancestor path elements in an absolute path
+ * lookup in ovl_lookup_layer() could have been opaque and
+ * that will stop further lookup in lower layers (d->stop=true)
+ * But we have found an absolute redirect in decendant path
+ * element and that should force continue lookup in lower
+ * layers (reset d->stop).
+ */
+ d->stop = false;
} else {
if (strchr(buf, '/') != NULL)
goto invalid;