diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
index 1233992a7c47..d1cdc60dd68f 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
@@ -413,12 +413,11 @@ struct inode *ovl_new_inode(struct super_block *sb, umode_t mode,
 	if (!inode)
 		return NULL;
 
-	mode &= S_IFMT;
-
 	inode->i_ino = get_next_ino();
 	inode->i_mode = mode;
 	inode->i_flags |= S_NOATIME | S_NOCMTIME;
 
+	mode &= S_IFMT;
 	switch (mode) {
 	case S_IFDIR:
 		inode->i_private = oe;
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
index 4bd9b5ba8f42..cfbca53590d0 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ static inline void ovl_copyattr(struct inode *from, struct inode *to)
 {
 	to->i_uid = from->i_uid;
 	to->i_gid = from->i_gid;
+	to->i_mode = from->i_mode;
 }
 
 /* dir.c */