diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/util.c b/fs/overlayfs/util.c
index 01755bc186c91a6e3fd4c3d9d8497ff097f7e470..33a7c60be3eda88043b49ab85d279b207b665ec4 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/util.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/util.c
@@ -459,7 +459,32 @@ bool ovl_is_whiteout(struct dentry *dentry)
 
 struct file *ovl_path_open(struct path *path, int flags)
 {
-	return dentry_open(path, flags | O_NOATIME, current_cred());
+	struct inode *inode = d_inode(path->dentry);
+	int err, acc_mode;
+
+	if (flags & ~(O_ACCMODE | O_LARGEFILE))
+		BUG();
+
+	switch (flags & O_ACCMODE) {
+	case O_RDONLY:
+		acc_mode = MAY_READ;
+		break;
+	case O_WRONLY:
+		acc_mode = MAY_WRITE;
+		break;
+	default:
+		BUG();
+	}
+
+	err = inode_permission(inode, acc_mode | MAY_OPEN);
+	if (err)
+		return ERR_PTR(err);
+
+	/* O_NOATIME is an optimization, don't fail if not permitted */
+	if (inode_owner_or_capable(inode))
+		flags |= O_NOATIME;
+
+	return dentry_open(path, flags, current_cred());
 }
 
 /* Caller should hold ovl_inode->lock */