diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/namei.c b/fs/overlayfs/namei.c
index 70fcfcc684cc..03d8c5132477 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/namei.c
@@ -815,7 +815,7 @@ struct dentry *ovl_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 		.is_dir = false,
 		.opaque = false,
 		.stop = false,
-		.last = !poe->numlower,
+		.last = ofs->config.redirect_follow ? false : !poe->numlower,
 		.redirect = NULL,
 	};
 
@@ -873,7 +873,11 @@ struct dentry *ovl_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	for (i = 0; !d.stop && i < poe->numlower; i++) {
 		struct ovl_path lower = poe->lowerstack[i];
 
-		d.last = i == poe->numlower - 1;
+		if (!ofs->config.redirect_follow)
+			d.last = i == poe->numlower - 1;
+		else
+			d.last = lower.layer->idx == roe->numlower;
+
 		err = ovl_lookup_layer(lower.dentry, &d, &this);
 		if (err)
 			goto out_put;