diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
index 008420e834d8..25cf26e57cdb 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
@@ -350,6 +350,13 @@ static inline void ovl_copyattr(struct inode *from, struct inode *to)
 	to->i_ctime = from->i_ctime;
 }
 
+static inline void ovl_copyflags(struct inode *from, struct inode *to)
+{
+	unsigned int mask = S_SYNC | S_IMMUTABLE | S_APPEND | S_NOATIME;
+
+	inode_set_flags(to, from->i_flags & mask, mask);
+}
+
 /* dir.c */
 extern const struct inode_operations ovl_dir_inode_operations;
 int ovl_cleanup_and_whiteout(struct dentry *workdir, struct inode *dir,
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/util.c b/fs/overlayfs/util.c
index 30a05d1d679d..25d202b47326 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/util.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/util.c
@@ -310,6 +310,7 @@ void ovl_inode_init(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *upperdentry,
 		OVL_I(inode)->lower = igrab(d_inode(lowerdentry));
 
 	ovl_copyattr(realinode, inode);
+	ovl_copyflags(realinode, inode);
 	if (!inode->i_ino)
 		inode->i_ino = realinode->i_ino;
 }