diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/namei.c b/fs/overlayfs/namei.c
index 7d4099143a57..625ed8066570 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/namei.c
@@ -348,8 +348,8 @@ static int ovl_verify_origin_fh(struct dentry *dentry, const struct ovl_fh *fh)
  *
  * Return 0 on match, -ESTALE on mismatch, < 0 on error.
  */
-int ovl_verify_origin(struct dentry *dentry, struct vfsmount *mnt,
-		      struct dentry *origin, bool is_upper, bool set)
+int ovl_verify_origin(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *origin,
+		      bool is_upper, bool set)
 {
 	struct inode *inode;
 	struct ovl_fh *fh;
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
index cefe5a97d048..13eab09a6b6f 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
@@ -249,8 +249,8 @@ static inline bool ovl_is_impuredir(struct dentry *dentry)
 
 
 /* namei.c */
-int ovl_verify_origin(struct dentry *dentry, struct vfsmount *mnt,
-		      struct dentry *origin, bool is_upper, bool set);
+int ovl_verify_origin(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *origin,
+		      bool is_upper, bool set);
 int ovl_verify_index(struct dentry *index, struct ovl_path *lower,
 		     unsigned int numlower);
 int ovl_get_index_name(struct dentry *origin, struct qstr *name);
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/super.c b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
index 3156e908423e..be03578181d2 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
@@ -983,9 +983,7 @@ static int ovl_get_indexdir(struct ovl_fs *ofs, struct ovl_entry *oe,
 	int err;
 
 	/* Verify lower root is upper root origin */
-	err = ovl_verify_origin(upperpath->dentry,
-				oe->lowerstack[0].layer->mnt,
-				oe->lowerstack[0].dentry,
+	err = ovl_verify_origin(upperpath->dentry, oe->lowerstack[0].dentry,
 				false, true);
 	if (err) {
 		pr_err("overlayfs: failed to verify upper root origin\n");
@@ -995,8 +993,8 @@ static int ovl_get_indexdir(struct ovl_fs *ofs, struct ovl_entry *oe,
 	ofs->indexdir = ovl_workdir_create(ofs, OVL_INDEXDIR_NAME, true);
 	if (ofs->indexdir) {
 		/* Verify upper root is index dir origin */
-		err = ovl_verify_origin(ofs->indexdir, ofs->upper_mnt,
-					upperpath->dentry, true, true);
+		err = ovl_verify_origin(ofs->indexdir, upperpath->dentry,
+					true, true);
 		if (err)
 			pr_err("overlayfs: failed to verify index dir origin\n");