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diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/super.c b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
index f5738e96a052..8d82a1cb655f 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
@@ -1141,6 +1141,8 @@ static int ovl_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
root_dentry->d_fsdata = oe;
+ /* Root is always merge -> can have whiteouts */
+ ovl_set_flag(OVL_WHITEOUTS, d_inode(root_dentry));
ovl_inode_init(d_inode(root_dentry), upperpath.dentry,
ovl_dentry_lower(root_dentry));