diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/super.c b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
index 2c9f48096ff0..bc8729491362 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ static int ovl_mount_dir_noesc(const char *name, struct path *path)
 	return 0;
 
 out_put:
-	path_put(path);
+	path_put_init(path);
 out:
 	return err;
 }
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ static int ovl_mount_dir(const char *name, struct path *path)
 			if (ovl_dentry_remote(path->dentry)) {
 				pr_err("overlayfs: filesystem on '%s' not supported as upperdir\n",
 				       tmp);
-				path_put(path);
+				path_put_init(path);
 				err = -EINVAL;
 			}
 		kfree(tmp);
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ static int ovl_lower_dir(const char *name, struct path *path,
 	return 0;
 
 out_put:
-	path_put(path);
+	path_put_init(path);
 out:
 	return err;
 }