diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/super.c b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
index 5310271cf2e3..e18025b5c887 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
@@ -2140,7 +2140,7 @@ static int ovl_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 		ovl_trusted_xattr_handlers;
 	sb->s_fs_info = ofs;
 	sb->s_flags |= SB_POSIXACL;
-	sb->s_iflags |= SB_I_SKIP_SYNC;
+	sb->s_iflags |= SB_I_SKIP_SYNC | SB_I_IMA_UNVERIFIABLE_SIGNATURE;
 
 	err = -ENOMEM;
 	root_dentry = ovl_get_root(sb, upperpath.dentry, oe);