diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c b/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
index 959bdcf2f9e8..cc514da6f3e7 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@ static int ovl_copy_up_locked(struct dentry *workdir, struct dentry *upperdir,
 
 	if (S_ISREG(stat->mode)) {
 		struct path upperpath;
+
 		ovl_path_upper(dentry, &upperpath);
 		BUG_ON(upperpath.dentry != NULL);
 		upperpath.dentry = newdentry;