diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/export.c b/fs/overlayfs/export.c
index 0bca38c79244..7a4b6a0fd527 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/export.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/export.c
@@ -461,6 +461,19 @@ static struct dentry *ovl_lower_fh_to_d(struct super_block *sb,
 		}
 	}
 
+	/* Then try to get upper dir by index */
+	if (index && d_is_dir(index)) {
+		struct dentry *upper = ovl_index_upper(ofs, index);
+
+		err = PTR_ERR(upper);
+		if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(upper))
+			goto out_err;
+
+		dentry = ovl_get_dentry(sb, upper, NULL, NULL);
+		dput(upper);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	/* Then lookup origin by fh */
 	err = ovl_check_origin_fh(ofs, fh, NULL, &stack);
 	if (err) {
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/namei.c b/fs/overlayfs/namei.c
index 741a42d974a3..6199bf7a77c7 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/namei.c
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ fail:
 }
 
 /* Get upper dentry from index */
-static struct dentry *ovl_index_upper(struct ovl_fs *ofs, struct dentry *index)
+struct dentry *ovl_index_upper(struct ovl_fs *ofs, struct dentry *index)
 {
 	struct ovl_fh *fh;
 	struct dentry *upper;
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
index a47f9142b6be..a5d415aec131 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
@@ -270,6 +270,7 @@ int ovl_check_origin_fh(struct ovl_fs *ofs, struct ovl_fh *fh,
 			struct dentry *upperdentry, struct ovl_path **stackp);
 int ovl_verify_set_fh(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
 		      struct dentry *real, bool is_upper, bool set);
+struct dentry *ovl_index_upper(struct ovl_fs *ofs, struct dentry *index);
 int ovl_verify_index(struct ovl_fs *ofs, struct dentry *index);
 int ovl_get_index_name(struct dentry *origin, struct qstr *name);
 struct dentry *ovl_get_index_fh(struct ovl_fs *ofs, struct ovl_fh *fh);