diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/super.c b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
index 4036132842b5..452fb7130efa 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
@@ -814,6 +814,10 @@ retry:
 		struct kstat stat = {
 			.mode = S_IFDIR | 0,
 		};
+		struct iattr attr = {
+			.ia_valid = ATTR_MODE,
+			.ia_mode = stat.mode,
+		};
 
 		if (work->d_inode) {
 			err = -EEXIST;
@@ -829,6 +833,21 @@ retry:
 		err = ovl_create_real(dir, work, &stat, NULL, NULL, true);
 		if (err)
 			goto out_dput;
+
+		err = vfs_removexattr(work, XATTR_NAME_POSIX_ACL_DEFAULT);
+		if (err && err != -ENODATA)
+			goto out_dput;
+
+		err = vfs_removexattr(work, XATTR_NAME_POSIX_ACL_ACCESS);
+		if (err && err != -ENODATA)
+			goto out_dput;
+
+		/* Clear any inherited mode bits */
+		inode_lock(work->d_inode);
+		err = notify_change(work, &attr, NULL);
+		inode_unlock(work->d_inode);
+		if (err)
+			goto out_dput;
 	}
 out_unlock:
 	inode_unlock(dir);