diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/util.c b/fs/overlayfs/util.c
index 06ca98f88983a467aea587e86f3ff90c8ab9ac75..3b6584a180c65ea95f845f77bcc952620bd7bf03 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/util.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/util.c
@@ -102,6 +102,9 @@ bool ovl_dentry_remote(struct dentry *dentry)
 
 bool ovl_dentry_weird(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
+	if (!d_can_lookup(dentry) && !d_is_file(dentry) && !d_is_symlink(dentry))
+		return true;
+
 	return dentry->d_flags & (DCACHE_NEED_AUTOMOUNT |
 				  DCACHE_MANAGE_TRANSIT |
 				  DCACHE_OP_HASH |