diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/file.c b/fs/overlayfs/file.c
index ddfd93f13cc5f4a7e3948c137252f58bd1e9a370..7d2f01957e40790c60419a54e1f61b075b1ee012 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/file.c
@@ -29,10 +29,11 @@ static struct file *ovl_open_realfile(const struct file *file,
 	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct file *realfile;
 	const struct cred *old_cred;
+	int flags = file->f_flags | O_NOATIME | FMODE_NONOTIFY;
 
 	old_cred = ovl_override_creds(inode->i_sb);
-	realfile = open_with_fake_path(&file->f_path, file->f_flags | O_NOATIME,
-				       realinode, current_cred());
+	realfile = open_with_fake_path(&file->f_path, flags, realinode,
+				       current_cred());
 	revert_creds(old_cred);
 
 	pr_debug("open(%p[%pD2/%c], 0%o) -> (%p, 0%o)\n",
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ static int ovl_change_flags(struct file *file, unsigned int flags)
 	int err;
 
 	/* No atime modificaton on underlying */
-	flags |= O_NOATIME;
+	flags |= O_NOATIME | FMODE_NONOTIFY;
 
 	/* If some flag changed that cannot be changed then something's amiss */
 	if (WARN_ON((file->f_flags ^ flags) & ~OVL_SETFL_MASK))