diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/dir.c b/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
index 617b616ab03b..4ef0d539b097 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ static int ovl_create_object(struct dentry *dentry, int mode, dev_t rdev,
 		goto out;
 
 	err = -ENOMEM;
-	inode = ovl_new_inode(dentry->d_sb, mode);
+	inode = ovl_new_inode(dentry->d_sb, mode, rdev);
 	if (!inode)
 		goto out_drop_write;
 
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
index a572e38349f6..a10e948d24fa 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ static const struct inode_operations ovl_symlink_inode_operations = {
 	.update_time	= ovl_update_time,
 };
 
-static void ovl_fill_inode(struct inode *inode, umode_t mode)
+static void ovl_fill_inode(struct inode *inode, umode_t mode, dev_t rdev)
 {
 	inode->i_ino = get_next_ino();
 	inode->i_mode = mode;
@@ -342,8 +342,11 @@ static void ovl_fill_inode(struct inode *inode, umode_t mode)
 	inode->i_acl = inode->i_default_acl = ACL_DONT_CACHE;
 #endif
 
-	mode &= S_IFMT;
-	switch (mode) {
+	switch (mode & S_IFMT) {
+	case S_IFREG:
+		inode->i_op = &ovl_file_inode_operations;
+		break;
+
 	case S_IFDIR:
 		inode->i_op = &ovl_dir_inode_operations;
 		inode->i_fop = &ovl_dir_operations;
@@ -354,26 +357,19 @@ static void ovl_fill_inode(struct inode *inode, umode_t mode)
 		break;
 
 	default:
-		WARN(1, "illegal file type: %i\n", mode);
-		/* Fall through */
-
-	case S_IFREG:
-	case S_IFSOCK:
-	case S_IFBLK:
-	case S_IFCHR:
-	case S_IFIFO:
 		inode->i_op = &ovl_file_inode_operations;
+		init_special_inode(inode, mode, rdev);
 		break;
 	}
 }
 
-struct inode *ovl_new_inode(struct super_block *sb, umode_t mode)
+struct inode *ovl_new_inode(struct super_block *sb, umode_t mode, dev_t rdev)
 {
 	struct inode *inode;
 
 	inode = new_inode(sb);
 	if (inode)
-		ovl_fill_inode(inode, mode);
+		ovl_fill_inode(inode, mode, rdev);
 
 	return inode;
 }
@@ -397,7 +393,7 @@ struct inode *ovl_get_inode(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *realinode)
 	inode = iget5_locked(sb, (unsigned long) realinode,
 			     ovl_inode_test, ovl_inode_set, realinode);
 	if (inode && inode->i_state & I_NEW) {
-		ovl_fill_inode(inode, realinode->i_mode);
+		ovl_fill_inode(inode, realinode->i_mode, realinode->i_rdev);
 		set_nlink(inode, realinode->i_nlink);
 		unlock_new_inode(inode);
 	}
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
index e218e741cb99..95d0d86c2d54 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ int ovl_open_maybe_copy_up(struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int file_flags);
 int ovl_update_time(struct inode *inode, struct timespec *ts, int flags);
 bool ovl_is_private_xattr(const char *name);
 
-struct inode *ovl_new_inode(struct super_block *sb, umode_t mode);
+struct inode *ovl_new_inode(struct super_block *sb, umode_t mode, dev_t rdev);
 struct inode *ovl_get_inode(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *realinode);
 static inline void ovl_copyattr(struct inode *from, struct inode *to)
 {
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/super.c b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
index 0e100856c7b8..e296312005cc 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ static struct dentry *ovl_d_real(struct dentry *dentry,
 {
 	struct dentry *real;
 
-	if (d_is_dir(dentry)) {
+	if (!d_is_reg(dentry)) {
 		if (!inode || inode == d_inode(dentry))
 			return dentry;
 		goto bug;
@@ -575,7 +575,8 @@ struct dentry *ovl_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 		if (upperdentry && !d_is_dir(upperdentry)) {
 			inode = ovl_get_inode(dentry->d_sb, realinode);
 		} else {
-			inode = ovl_new_inode(dentry->d_sb, realinode->i_mode);
+			inode = ovl_new_inode(dentry->d_sb, realinode->i_mode,
+					      realinode->i_rdev);
 			if (inode)
 				ovl_inode_init(inode, realinode, !!upperdentry);
 		}
@@ -1324,7 +1325,7 @@ static int ovl_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	sb->s_fs_info = ufs;
 	sb->s_flags |= MS_POSIXACL | MS_NOREMOTELOCK;
 
-	root_dentry = d_make_root(ovl_new_inode(sb, S_IFDIR));
+	root_dentry = d_make_root(ovl_new_inode(sb, S_IFDIR, 0));
 	if (!root_dentry)
 		goto out_free_oe;