diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c b/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
index edc1ebff33f5..e6d711f42607 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
@@ -580,7 +580,8 @@ static int ovl_copy_up_metadata(struct ovl_copy_up_ctx *c, struct dentry *temp)
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	if (inode->i_flags & OVL_COPY_I_FLAGS_MASK) {
+	if (inode->i_flags & OVL_COPY_I_FLAGS_MASK &&
+	    (S_ISREG(c->stat.mode) || S_ISDIR(c->stat.mode))) {
 		/*
 		 * Copy the fileattr inode flags that are the source of already
 		 * copied i_flags