--- /dev/null
+--- a/fs/overlayfs/super.c
++++ b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
+@@ -385,7 +385,6 @@ struct dentry *ovl_lookup(struct inode *
+
+ struct file *ovl_path_open(struct path *path, int flags)
+ {
+- path_get(path);
+ return dentry_open(path, flags, current_cred());
+ }
+
--- /dev/null
+--- a/fs/overlayfs/super.c
++++ b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
+@@ -385,7 +385,6 @@ struct dentry *ovl_lookup(struct inode *
+
+ struct file *ovl_path_open(struct path *path, int flags)
+ {
+- path_get(path);
+ return dentry_open(path, flags, current_cred());
+ }
+
--- /dev/null
+--- a/fs/overlayfs/super.c
++++ b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
+@@ -385,7 +385,6 @@ struct dentry *ovl_lookup(struct inode *
+
+ struct file *ovl_path_open(struct path *path, int flags)
+ {
+- path_get(path);
+ return dentry_open(path, flags, current_cred());
+ }
+