diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
index 636631619265..da4a25ac9b01 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
@@ -184,7 +184,9 @@ static inline ssize_t ovl_do_getxattr(struct ovl_fs *ofs, struct dentry *dentry,
 				      size_t size)
 {
 	const char *name = ovl_xattr(ofs, ox);
-	return vfs_getxattr(dentry, name, value, size);
+	struct inode *ip = d_inode(dentry);
+
+	return __vfs_getxattr(dentry, ip, name, value, size, XATTR_NOSECURITY);
 }
 
 static inline int ovl_do_setxattr(struct ovl_fs *ofs, struct dentry *dentry,
@@ -246,14 +248,6 @@ static inline bool ovl_open_flags_need_copy_up(int flags)
 	return ((OPEN_FMODE(flags) & FMODE_WRITE) || (flags & O_TRUNC));
 }
 
-static inline ssize_t ovl_do_vfs_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry,
-					  const char *name, void *buf,
-					  size_t size)
-{
-	return __vfs_getxattr(dentry, d_inode(dentry), name, buf, size,
-			      XATTR_NOSECURITY);
-}
-
 /* util.c */
 int ovl_want_write(struct dentry *dentry);
 void ovl_drop_write(struct dentry *dentry);