diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c b/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
index 9d3cdbf910ff4a1b15be9456ac9c7e0d71257659..d23467976725454aa3106cfe83810216c8e5d9af 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
@@ -388,6 +388,7 @@ struct ovl_copy_up_ctx {
 	bool tmpfile;
 	bool origin;
 	bool indexed;
+	bool metacopy;
 };
 
 static int ovl_link_up(struct ovl_copy_up_ctx *c)
@@ -507,7 +508,7 @@ static int ovl_copy_up_inode(struct ovl_copy_up_ctx *c, struct dentry *temp)
 			return err;
 	}
 
-	if (S_ISREG(c->stat.mode)) {
+	if (S_ISREG(c->stat.mode) && !c->metacopy) {
 		struct path upperpath;
 
 		ovl_path_upper(c->dentry, &upperpath);
@@ -660,6 +661,26 @@ out:
 	return err;
 }
 
+static bool ovl_need_meta_copy_up(struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
+				  int flags)
+{
+	struct ovl_fs *ofs = dentry->d_sb->s_fs_info;
+
+	/* TODO: Will enable metacopy in last patch of series */
+	return false;
+
+	if (!ofs->config.metacopy)
+		return false;
+
+	if (!S_ISREG(mode))
+		return false;
+
+	if (flags && ((OPEN_FMODE(flags) & FMODE_WRITE) || (flags & O_TRUNC)))
+		return false;
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 static int ovl_copy_up_one(struct dentry *parent, struct dentry *dentry,
 			   int flags)
 {
@@ -681,6 +702,8 @@ static int ovl_copy_up_one(struct dentry *parent, struct dentry *dentry,
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
+	ctx.metacopy = ovl_need_meta_copy_up(dentry, ctx.stat.mode, flags);
+
 	if (parent) {
 		ovl_path_upper(parent, &parentpath);
 		ctx.destdir = parentpath.dentry;