diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/file.c b/fs/overlayfs/file.c
index a1f72ac053e5..50186ea90158 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/file.c
@@ -397,48 +397,6 @@ out_unlock:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static ssize_t ovl_splice_read(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos,
-			 struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, size_t len,
-			 unsigned int flags)
-{
-	ssize_t ret;
-	struct fd real;
-	const struct cred *old_cred;
-
-	ret = ovl_real_fdget(in, &real);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-
-	old_cred = ovl_override_creds(file_inode(in)->i_sb);
-	ret = generic_file_splice_read(real.file, ppos, pipe, len, flags);
-	revert_creds(old_cred);
-
-	ovl_file_accessed(in);
-	fdput(real);
-	return ret;
-}
-
-static ssize_t
-ovl_splice_write(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out,
-			  loff_t *ppos, size_t len, unsigned int flags)
-{
-	struct fd real;
-	const struct cred *old_cred;
-	ssize_t ret;
-
-	ret = ovl_real_fdget(out, &real);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-
-	old_cred = ovl_override_creds(file_inode(out)->i_sb);
-	ret = iter_file_splice_write(pipe, real.file, ppos, len, flags);
-	revert_creds(old_cred);
-
-	ovl_file_accessed(out);
-	fdput(real);
-	return ret;
-}
-
 static int ovl_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
 {
 	struct fd real;
@@ -746,8 +704,8 @@ const struct file_operations ovl_file_operations = {
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
 	.compat_ioctl	= ovl_compat_ioctl,
 #endif
-	.splice_read    = ovl_splice_read,
-	.splice_write   = ovl_splice_write,
+	.splice_read    = generic_file_splice_read,
+	.splice_write   = iter_file_splice_write,
 
 	.copy_file_range	= ovl_copy_file_range,
 	.remap_file_range	= ovl_remap_file_range,