diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
index 832b17589733..c671dadb343e 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ out:
 }
 
 int ovl_xattr_get(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode, const char *name,
-		  void *value, size_t size)
+		  void *value, size_t size, int flags)
 {
 	ssize_t res;
 	const struct cred *old_cred;
@@ -394,7 +394,8 @@ 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(&init_user_ns, realdentry, name, value, size);
+	res = __vfs_getxattr(&init_user_ns, realdentry, d_inode(realdentry),
+			     name, value, size, flags);
 	revert_creds(old_cred);
 	return res;
 }
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
index 3894f3347955..d1946d2ecaed 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
@@ -187,7 +187,9 @@ static inline ssize_t ovl_do_getxattr(struct ovl_fs *ofs, struct dentry *dentry,
 				      size_t size)
 {
 	const char *name = ovl_xattr(ofs, ox);
-	int err = vfs_getxattr(&init_user_ns, dentry, name, value, size);
+	struct inode *ip = d_inode(dentry);
+	int err = __vfs_getxattr(&init_user_ns, dentry, ip, name, value, size,
+				 XATTR_NOSECURITY);
 	int len = (value && err > 0) ? err : 0;
 
 	pr_debug("getxattr(%pd2, \"%s\", \"%*pE\", %zu, 0) = %i\n",
@@ -496,7 +498,7 @@ int ovl_permission(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *inode,
 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);
+		  void *value, size_t size, int flags);
 ssize_t ovl_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *list, size_t size);
 struct posix_acl *ovl_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type, bool rcu);
 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 04be6c7365ab..7d1e1dfdb1df 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
@@ -1002,7 +1002,7 @@ 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);
+	return ovl_xattr_get(dentry, inode, handler->name, buffer, size, flags);
 }
 
 static int __maybe_unused
@@ -1083,7 +1083,7 @@ 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);
+	return ovl_xattr_get(dentry, inode, name, buffer, size, flags);
 }
 
 static int ovl_other_xattr_set(const struct xattr_handler *handler,