diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/dir.c b/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
index 5339ff08bd0f..582d4bd50a1f 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
@@ -327,9 +327,6 @@ static int ovl_create_upper(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
 	struct dentry *newdentry;
 	int err;
 
-	if (!attr->hardlink && !IS_POSIXACL(udir))
-		attr->mode &= ~current_umask();
-
 	inode_lock_nested(udir, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
 	newdentry = ovl_create_real(ofs, udir,
 				    ovl_lookup_upper(ofs, dentry->d_name.name,