diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c b/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
index 758611ee4475f..e0dbdf3a9e762 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
@@ -853,7 +853,7 @@ static int ovl_copy_up_tmpfile(struct ovl_copy_up_ctx *c)
 {
 	struct ovl_fs *ofs = OVL_FS(c->dentry->d_sb);
 	struct inode *udir = d_inode(c->destdir);
-	struct dentry *temp, *upper;
+	struct dentry *temp, *upper, *newdentry = NULL;
 	struct file *tmpfile;
 	int err;
 
@@ -889,6 +889,14 @@ static int ovl_copy_up_tmpfile(struct ovl_copy_up_ctx *c)
 	err = PTR_ERR(upper);
 	if (!IS_ERR(upper)) {
 		err = ovl_do_link(ofs, temp, udir, upper);
+		if (!err) {
+			/*
+			 * Record the linked dentry -- not the disconnected
+			 * O_TMPFILE dentry -- so that ->d_revalidate() on
+			 * the upper fs sees the real parent/name.
+			 */
+			newdentry = dget(upper);
+		}
 		end_creating(upper);
 	}
 
@@ -903,7 +911,7 @@ static int ovl_copy_up_tmpfile(struct ovl_copy_up_ctx *c)
 
 	if (!c->metacopy)
 		ovl_set_upperdata(d_inode(c->dentry));
-	ovl_inode_update(d_inode(c->dentry), dget(temp));
+	ovl_inode_update(d_inode(c->dentry), newdentry);
 
 out:
 	ovl_end_write(c->dentry);