diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/util.c b/fs/overlayfs/util.c
index 89e0d60d35b6..0bf3ffcd072f 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/util.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/util.c
@@ -171,6 +171,9 @@ void ovl_dentry_init_flags(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *upperdentry,
 
 bool ovl_dentry_weird(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
+	if (!d_can_lookup(dentry) && !d_is_file(dentry) && !d_is_symlink(dentry))
+		return true;
+
 	return dentry->d_flags & (DCACHE_NEED_AUTOMOUNT |
 				  DCACHE_MANAGE_TRANSIT |
 				  DCACHE_OP_HASH |