diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/util.c b/fs/overlayfs/util.c
index f76672f2e686..82373dd1ce6e 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/util.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/util.c
@@ -1234,9 +1234,9 @@ int ovl_lock_rename_workdir(struct dentry *workdir, struct dentry *work,
 		goto err;
 	if (trap)
 		goto err_unlock;
-	if (work && work->d_parent != workdir)
+	if (work && (work->d_parent != workdir || d_unhashed(work)))
 		goto err_unlock;
-	if (upper && upper->d_parent != upperdir)
+	if (upper && (upper->d_parent != upperdir || d_unhashed(upper)))
 		goto err_unlock;

 	return 0;