/* dir_s3d2 is a mount point. */
 static const char dir_s3d2[] = TMP_DIR "/s3d1/s3d2";
 static const char dir_s3d3[] = TMP_DIR "/s3d1/s3d2/s3d3";
+static const char file1_s3d3[] = TMP_DIR "/s3d1/s3d2/s3d3/f1";
+static const char dir_s3d4[] = TMP_DIR "/s3d1/s3d2/s3d4";
+static const char file1_s3d4[] = TMP_DIR "/s3d1/s3d2/s3d4/f1";
 
 /*
  * layout1 hierarchy:
  * │           └── f2
  * └── s3d1
  *     ├── f1
- *     └── s3d2
- *         └── s3d3
+ *     └── s3d2 [mount point]
+ *         ├── s3d3
+ *         │   └── f1
+ *         └── s3d4
+ *             └── f1
  */
 
 static bool fgrep(FILE *const inf, const char *const str)
        ASSERT_EQ(0, mount_opt(&mnt_tmp, dir_s3d2));
        clear_cap(_metadata, CAP_SYS_ADMIN);
 
-       ASSERT_EQ(0, mkdir(dir_s3d3, 0700));
+       create_file(_metadata, file1_s3d3);
+       create_file(_metadata, file1_s3d4);
 }
 
 static void remove_layout1(struct __test_metadata *const _metadata)
        EXPECT_EQ(0, remove_path(dir_s2d2));
 
        EXPECT_EQ(0, remove_path(file1_s3d1));
-       EXPECT_EQ(0, remove_path(dir_s3d3));
+       EXPECT_EQ(0, remove_path(file1_s3d3));
+       EXPECT_EQ(0, remove_path(file1_s3d4));
        set_cap(_metadata, CAP_SYS_ADMIN);
        umount(dir_s3d2);
        clear_cap(_metadata, CAP_SYS_ADMIN);
        EXPECT_EQ(0, close(root_fd));
 }
 
+TEST_F_FORK(layout1, refer_part_mount_tree_is_allowed)
+{
+       const struct rule layer1[] = {
+               {
+                       /* Parent mount point. */
+                       .path = dir_s3d1,
+                       .access = LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_REFER |
+                                 LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_MAKE_REG,
+               },
+               {
+                       /*
+                        * Removing the source file is allowed because its
+                        * access rights are already a superset of the
+                        * destination.
+                        */
+                       .path = dir_s3d4,
+                       .access = LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_REFER |
+                                 LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_MAKE_REG |
+                                 LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_REMOVE_FILE,
+               },
+               {},
+       };
+       int ruleset_fd;
+
+       ASSERT_EQ(0, unlink(file1_s3d3));
+       ruleset_fd = create_ruleset(_metadata,
+                                   LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_REFER |
+                                           LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_MAKE_REG |
+                                           LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_REMOVE_FILE,
+                                   layer1);
+
+       ASSERT_LE(0, ruleset_fd);
+       enforce_ruleset(_metadata, ruleset_fd);
+       ASSERT_EQ(0, close(ruleset_fd));
+
+       ASSERT_EQ(0, rename(file1_s3d4, file1_s3d3));
+}
+
 TEST_F_FORK(layout1, reparent_link)
 {
        const struct rule layer1[] = {