diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/super.c b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
index 350905f17bcc..d70208c0de84 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
@@ -784,11 +784,11 @@ retry:
 			goto out_dput;
 
 		err = vfs_removexattr(work, XATTR_NAME_POSIX_ACL_DEFAULT);
-		if (err && err != -ENODATA)
+		if (err && err != -ENODATA && err != -EOPNOTSUPP)
 			goto out_dput;
 
 		err = vfs_removexattr(work, XATTR_NAME_POSIX_ACL_ACCESS);
-		if (err && err != -ENODATA)
+		if (err && err != -ENODATA && err != -EOPNOTSUPP)
 			goto out_dput;
 
 		/* Clear any inherited mode bits */