diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
index 7ed5df9c0fa65b4e9ce3159d5a2bcda6ec37f10e..f29e137e6d6073ea1985a0851f281a1e909c777a 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
@@ -779,13 +779,16 @@ void ovl_inode_init(struct inode *inode, struct ovl_inode_params *oip,
 		    unsigned long ino, int fsid)
 {
 	struct inode *realinode;
+	struct ovl_inode *oi = OVL_I(inode);
 
 	if (oip->upperdentry)
-		OVL_I(inode)->__upperdentry = oip->upperdentry;
-	if (oip->lowerpath && oip->lowerpath->dentry)
-		OVL_I(inode)->lower = igrab(d_inode(oip->lowerpath->dentry));
+		oi->__upperdentry = oip->upperdentry;
+	if (oip->lowerpath && oip->lowerpath->dentry) {
+		oi->lowerpath.dentry = dget(oip->lowerpath->dentry);
+		oi->lowerpath.layer = oip->lowerpath->layer;
+	}
 	if (oip->lowerdata)
-		OVL_I(inode)->lowerdata = igrab(d_inode(oip->lowerdata));
+		oi->lowerdata = igrab(d_inode(oip->lowerdata));
 
 	realinode = ovl_inode_real(inode);
 	ovl_copyattr(realinode, inode);
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
index 6cbb1fd2a4ec278d285dbd86a698498af0c2405e..7b4db563260088b2b3c25c9ba74a7510053d56a7 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
@@ -374,11 +374,13 @@ enum ovl_path_type ovl_path_type(struct dentry *dentry);
 void ovl_path_upper(struct dentry *dentry, struct path *path);
 void ovl_path_lower(struct dentry *dentry, struct path *path);
 void ovl_path_lowerdata(struct dentry *dentry, struct path *path);
+void ovl_i_path_real(struct inode *inode, struct path *path);
 enum ovl_path_type ovl_path_real(struct dentry *dentry, struct path *path);
 enum ovl_path_type ovl_path_realdata(struct dentry *dentry, struct path *path);
 struct dentry *ovl_dentry_upper(struct dentry *dentry);
 struct dentry *ovl_dentry_lower(struct dentry *dentry);
 struct dentry *ovl_dentry_lowerdata(struct dentry *dentry);
+const struct ovl_layer *ovl_i_layer_lower(struct inode *inode);
 const struct ovl_layer *ovl_layer_lower(struct dentry *dentry);
 struct dentry *ovl_dentry_real(struct dentry *dentry);
 struct dentry *ovl_i_dentry_upper(struct inode *inode);
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/ovl_entry.h b/fs/overlayfs/ovl_entry.h
index 61b40d1268c89bd4bea15d5f0b8372247426d68c..469162ca9b213f5cb3bf198c28ea98abbc205ba7 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/ovl_entry.h
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/ovl_entry.h
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ struct ovl_inode {
 	unsigned long flags;
 	struct inode vfs_inode;
 	struct dentry *__upperdentry;
-	struct inode *lower;
+	struct ovl_path lowerpath;
 
 	/* synchronize copy up and more */
 	struct mutex lock;
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/super.c b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
index 2fd2d3e5eaba73b68261458441479031ea5792fe..0123c8086ee96229819eaa278f40954ad4584970 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
@@ -184,7 +184,8 @@ static struct inode *ovl_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	oi->version = 0;
 	oi->flags = 0;
 	oi->__upperdentry = NULL;
-	oi->lower = NULL;
+	oi->lowerpath.dentry = NULL;
+	oi->lowerpath.layer = NULL;
 	oi->lowerdata = NULL;
 	mutex_init(&oi->lock);
 
@@ -205,7 +206,7 @@ static void ovl_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	struct ovl_inode *oi = OVL_I(inode);
 
 	dput(oi->__upperdentry);
-	iput(oi->lower);
+	dput(oi->lowerpath.dentry);
 	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
 		ovl_dir_cache_free(inode);
 	else
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/util.c b/fs/overlayfs/util.c
index 81585cad055d74a872d00ad59e39a067e4175b4a..5fdaa9408c84877271030f9a73f426ab1489496a 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/util.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/util.c
@@ -250,6 +250,17 @@ struct dentry *ovl_i_dentry_upper(struct inode *inode)
 	return ovl_upperdentry_dereference(OVL_I(inode));
 }
 
+void ovl_i_path_real(struct inode *inode, struct path *path)
+{
+	path->dentry = ovl_i_dentry_upper(inode);
+	if (!path->dentry) {
+		path->dentry = OVL_I(inode)->lowerpath.dentry;
+		path->mnt = OVL_I(inode)->lowerpath.layer->mnt;
+	} else {
+		path->mnt = ovl_upper_mnt(OVL_FS(inode->i_sb));
+	}
+}
+
 struct inode *ovl_inode_upper(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct dentry *upperdentry = ovl_i_dentry_upper(inode);
@@ -259,7 +270,9 @@ struct inode *ovl_inode_upper(struct inode *inode)
 
 struct inode *ovl_inode_lower(struct inode *inode)
 {
-	return OVL_I(inode)->lower;
+	struct dentry *lowerdentry = OVL_I(inode)->lowerpath.dentry;
+
+	return lowerdentry ? d_inode(lowerdentry) : NULL;
 }
 
 struct inode *ovl_inode_real(struct inode *inode)