dentry = lookup_one_len_unlocked(name->name, dir, name->len);
        if (IS_ERR(dentry)) {
-               if (PTR_ERR(dentry) == -ENOENT)
+               if (PTR_ERR(dentry) == -ENOENT ||
+                   PTR_ERR(dentry) == -ENAMETOOLONG)
                        dentry = NULL;
        } else if (!dentry->d_inode) {
                dput(dentry);
 {
        struct ovl_entry *oe;
        const struct cred *old_cred;
+       struct ovl_fs *ofs = dentry->d_sb->s_fs_info;
        struct ovl_entry *poe = dentry->d_parent->d_fsdata;
        struct path *stack = NULL;
        struct dentry *upperdir, *upperdentry = NULL;
        unsigned int i;
        int err;
 
+       if (dentry->d_name.len > ofs->namelen)
+               return ERR_PTR(-ENAMETOOLONG);
+
        old_cred = ovl_override_creds(dentry->d_sb);
        upperdir = ovl_upperdentry_dereference(poe);
        if (upperdir) {
 
                this = ovl_lookup_real(lowerpath.dentry, &dentry->d_name);
                err = PTR_ERR(this);
-               if (IS_ERR(this)) {
-                       /*
-                        * If it's positive, then treat ENAMETOOLONG as ENOENT.
-                        */
-                       if (err == -ENAMETOOLONG && (upperdentry || ctr))
-                               continue;
+               if (IS_ERR(this))
                        goto out_put;
-               }
+
                if (!this)
                        continue;
                if (ovl_is_whiteout(this)) {
 
 
        err = vfs_statfs(&path, buf);
        if (!err) {
-               buf->f_namelen = max(buf->f_namelen, ofs->lower_namelen);
+               buf->f_namelen = ofs->namelen;
                buf->f_type = OVERLAYFS_SUPER_MAGIC;
        }
 
        return err;
 }
 
-static int ovl_lower_dir(const char *name, struct path *path, long *namelen,
-                        int *stack_depth, bool *remote)
+static int ovl_check_namelen(struct path *path, struct ovl_fs *ofs,
+                            const char *name)
 {
-       int err;
        struct kstatfs statfs;
+       int err = vfs_statfs(path, &statfs);
+
+       if (err)
+               pr_err("overlayfs: statfs failed on '%s'\n", name);
+       else
+               ofs->namelen = max(ofs->namelen, statfs.f_namelen);
+
+       return err;
+}
+
+static int ovl_lower_dir(const char *name, struct path *path,
+                        struct ovl_fs *ofs, int *stack_depth, bool *remote)
+{
+       int err;
 
        err = ovl_mount_dir_noesc(name, path);
        if (err)
                goto out;
 
-       err = vfs_statfs(path, &statfs);
-       if (err) {
-               pr_err("overlayfs: statfs failed on '%s'\n", name);
+       err = ovl_check_namelen(path, ofs, name);
+       if (err)
                goto out_put;
-       }
-       *namelen = max(*namelen, statfs.f_namelen);
+
        *stack_depth = max(*stack_depth, path->mnt->mnt_sb->s_stack_depth);
 
        if (ovl_dentry_remote(path->dentry))
                        goto out_put_upperpath;
                }
 
+               err = ovl_check_namelen(&upperpath, ufs, ufs->config.upperdir);
+               if (err)
+                       goto out_put_upperpath;
+
                err = ovl_mount_dir(ufs->config.workdir, &workpath);
                if (err)
                        goto out_put_upperpath;
 
        lower = lowertmp;
        for (numlower = 0; numlower < stacklen; numlower++) {
-               err = ovl_lower_dir(lower, &stack[numlower],
-                                   &ufs->lower_namelen, &sb->s_stack_depth,
-                                   &remote);
+               err = ovl_lower_dir(lower, &stack[numlower], ufs,
+                                   &sb->s_stack_depth, &remote);
                if (err)
                        goto out_put_lowerpath;