diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/file.c b/fs/overlayfs/file.c
index be4dfb6cf861..8cc24138b85a 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/file.c
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ static loff_t ovl_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
 
 	old_cred = ovl_override_creds(inode->i_sb);
 	ret = vfs_llseek(real.file, offset, whence);
-	revert_creds(old_cred);
+	ovl_revert_creds(old_cred);
 
 	file->f_pos = real.file->f_pos;
 	inode_unlock(inode);