diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
index 79e8994e3bc1..3f993c114829 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
@@ -891,7 +891,7 @@ struct inode *ovl_get_inode(struct super_block *sb,
 	struct dentry *lowerdentry = lowerpath ? lowerpath->dentry : NULL;
 	bool bylower = ovl_hash_bylower(sb, upperdentry, lowerdentry,
 					oip->index);
-	int fsid = bylower ? oip->lowerpath->layer->fsid : 0;
+	int fsid = bylower ? lowerpath->layer->fsid : 0;
 	bool is_dir, metacopy = false;
 	unsigned long ino = 0;
 	int err = oip->newinode ? -EEXIST : -ENOMEM;
@@ -941,6 +941,8 @@ struct inode *ovl_get_inode(struct super_block *sb,
 			err = -ENOMEM;
 			goto out_err;
 		}
+		ino = realinode->i_ino;
+		fsid = lowerpath->layer->fsid;
 	}
 	ovl_fill_inode(inode, realinode->i_mode, realinode->i_rdev, ino, fsid);
 	ovl_inode_init(inode, upperdentry, lowerdentry, oip->lowerdata);