diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/namei.c b/fs/overlayfs/namei.c
index 4bb7e4f53ea6..8a10506db993 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/namei.c
@@ -56,6 +56,15 @@ static int ovl_check_redirect(struct dentry *dentry, struct ovl_lookup_data *d,
 			if (s == next)
 				goto invalid;
 		}
+		/*
+		 * One of the ancestor path elements in an absolute path
+		 * lookup in ovl_lookup_layer() could have been opaque and
+		 * that will stop further lookup in lower layers (d->stop=true)
+		 * But we have found an absolute redirect in decendant path
+		 * element and that should force continue lookup in lower
+		 * layers (reset d->stop).
+		 */
+		d->stop = false;
 	} else {
 		if (strchr(buf, '/') != NULL)
 			goto invalid;