if (!overwrite && OVL_TYPE_MERGE_OR_LOWER(new_type) && new_is_dir)
                        goto out;
        } else {
-               if (ovl_dentry_is_opaque(new))
-                       new_type = __OVL_PATH_UPPER;
-               else
-                       new_type = __OVL_PATH_UPPER | __OVL_PATH_PURE;
+               new_type = __OVL_PATH_UPPER;
        }
 
        err = ovl_want_write(old);
                        goto out_drop_write;
        }
 
-       old_opaque = !OVL_TYPE_PURE_UPPER(old_type);
-       new_opaque = !OVL_TYPE_PURE_UPPER(new_type);
+       old_opaque = ovl_dentry_is_opaque(old);
+       new_opaque = ovl_dentry_is_opaque(new);
 
        old_cred = ovl_override_creds(old->d_sb);
 
 
 struct ovl_entry;
 
 enum ovl_path_type {
-       __OVL_PATH_PURE         = (1 << 0),
-       __OVL_PATH_UPPER        = (1 << 1),
-       __OVL_PATH_MERGE        = (1 << 2),
+       __OVL_PATH_UPPER        = (1 << 0),
+       __OVL_PATH_MERGE        = (1 << 1),
 };
 
 #define OVL_TYPE_UPPER(type)   ((type) & __OVL_PATH_UPPER)
 #define OVL_TYPE_MERGE(type)   ((type) & __OVL_PATH_MERGE)
-#define OVL_TYPE_PURE_UPPER(type) ((type) & __OVL_PATH_PURE)
 #define OVL_TYPE_MERGE_OR_LOWER(type) \
        (OVL_TYPE_MERGE(type) || !OVL_TYPE_UPPER(type))
 
 
 
                /*
                 * Non-dir dentry can hold lower dentry from previous
-                * location. Its purity depends only on opaque flag.
+                * location.
                 */
                if (oe->numlower && S_ISDIR(dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
                        type |= __OVL_PATH_MERGE;
-               else if (!oe->opaque)
-                       type |= __OVL_PATH_PURE;
        } else {
                if (oe->numlower > 1)
                        type |= __OVL_PATH_MERGE;