diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c b/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
index 4e7d5bfa2949..b193d08a3dc3 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
@@ -140,12 +140,14 @@ static int ovl_copy_fileattr(struct inode *inode, struct path *old,
 	int err;
 
 	err = ovl_real_fileattr_get(old, &oldfa);
-	if (err)
-		return err;
-
-	err = ovl_real_fileattr_get(new, &newfa);
-	if (err)
+	if (err) {
+		/* Ntfs-3g returns -EINVAL for "no fileattr support" */
+		if (err == -ENOTTY || err == -EINVAL)
+			return 0;
+		pr_warn("failed to retrieve lower fileattr (%pd2, err=%i)\n",
+			old, err);
 		return err;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * We cannot set immutable and append-only flags on upper inode,
@@ -159,6 +161,17 @@ static int ovl_copy_fileattr(struct inode *inode, struct path *old,
 			return err;
 	}
 
+	/* Don't bother copying flags if none are set */
+	if (!(oldfa.flags & OVL_COPY_FS_FLAGS_MASK))
+		return 0;
+
+	err = ovl_real_fileattr_get(new, &newfa);
+	if (err) {
+		pr_warn("failed to retrieve upper fileattr (%pd2, err=%i)\n",
+			new, err);
+		return err;
+	}
+
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(OVL_COPY_FS_FLAGS_MASK & ~FS_COMMON_FL);
 	newfa.flags &= ~OVL_COPY_FS_FLAGS_MASK;
 	newfa.flags |= (oldfa.flags & OVL_COPY_FS_FLAGS_MASK);
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
index 832b17589733..1f36158c7dbe 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
@@ -610,7 +610,10 @@ int ovl_real_fileattr_get(struct path *realpath, struct fileattr *fa)
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	return vfs_fileattr_get(realpath->dentry, fa);
+	err = vfs_fileattr_get(realpath->dentry, fa);
+	if (err == -ENOIOCTLCMD)
+		err = -ENOTTY;
+	return err;
 }
 
 int ovl_fileattr_get(struct dentry *dentry, struct fileattr *fa)