diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
index c4769f9d4f06..b045cf1826fc 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ out:
 }
 
 int ovl_xattr_get(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode, const char *name,
-		  void *value, size_t size, int flags)
+		  void *value, size_t size)
 {
 	ssize_t res;
 	const struct cred *old_cred;
@@ -377,8 +377,7 @@ int ovl_xattr_get(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode, const char *name,
 		ovl_i_dentry_upper(inode) ?: ovl_dentry_lower(dentry);
 
 	old_cred = ovl_override_creds(dentry->d_sb);
-	res = __vfs_getxattr(realdentry, d_inode(realdentry), name,
-			     value, size, flags);
+	res = vfs_getxattr(realdentry, name, value, size);
 	revert_creds(old_cred);
 	return res;
 }
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
index fcf80548bb65..f283b1d69a9e 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ int ovl_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask);
 int ovl_xattr_set(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode, const char *name,
 		  const void *value, size_t size, int flags);
 int ovl_xattr_get(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode, const char *name,
-		  void *value, size_t size, int flags);
+		  void *value, size_t size);
 ssize_t ovl_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *list, size_t size);
 struct posix_acl *ovl_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type);
 int ovl_update_time(struct inode *inode, struct timespec64 *ts, int flags);
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/super.c b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
index 80414c941f02..659d5971e32e 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
@@ -857,7 +857,7 @@ ovl_posix_acl_xattr_get(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
 			struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
 			const char *name, void *buffer, size_t size, int flags)
 {
-	return ovl_xattr_get(dentry, inode, handler->name, buffer, size, flags);
+	return ovl_xattr_get(dentry, inode, handler->name, buffer, size);
 }
 
 static int __maybe_unused
@@ -939,7 +939,7 @@ static int ovl_other_xattr_get(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
 			       const char *name, void *buffer, size_t size,
 			       int flags)
 {
-	return ovl_xattr_get(dentry, inode, name, buffer, size, flags);
+	return ovl_xattr_get(dentry, inode, name, buffer, size);
 }
 
 static int ovl_other_xattr_set(const struct xattr_handler *handler,