diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
index 8a283ec21e34dca78026475f4e784d99f3ecacb1..cfccd91c51e319e5cfe76d5a6bb7a04583d8e546 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
@@ -83,14 +83,15 @@ static int ovl_map_dev_ino(struct dentry *dentry, struct kstat *stat,
 		 */
 		stat->dev = dentry->d_sb->s_dev;
 		stat->ino = dentry->d_inode->i_ino;
-	} else if (lower_layer) {
+	} else if (lower_layer && lower_layer->fsid) {
 		/*
 		 * For non-samefs setup, if we cannot map all layers st_ino
 		 * to a unified address space, we need to make sure that st_dev
-		 * is unique per layer. Upper layer uses real st_dev and lower
-		 * layers use the unique anonymous bdev.
+		 * is unique per lower fs. Upper layer uses real st_dev and
+		 * lower layers use the unique anonymous bdev assigned to the
+		 * lower fs.
 		 */
-		stat->dev = lower_layer->pseudo_dev;
+		stat->dev = lower_layer->fs->pseudo_dev;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/ovl_entry.h b/fs/overlayfs/ovl_entry.h
index bfef6edcc1112853e750a3a5468334aa39991465..e1c838c27a742bda334285e1b3e2887383b15328 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/ovl_entry.h
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/ovl_entry.h
@@ -20,11 +20,18 @@ struct ovl_config {
 	bool nfs_export;
 };
 
+struct ovl_sb {
+	struct super_block *sb;
+	dev_t pseudo_dev;
+};
+
 struct ovl_layer {
 	struct vfsmount *mnt;
-	dev_t pseudo_dev;
-	/* Index of this layer in fs root (upper == 0) */
+	struct ovl_sb *fs;
+	/* Index of this layer in fs root (upper idx == 0) */
 	int idx;
+	/* One fsid per unique underlying sb (upper fsid == 0) */
+	int fsid;
 };
 
 struct ovl_path {
@@ -35,8 +42,11 @@ struct ovl_path {
 /* private information held for overlayfs's superblock */
 struct ovl_fs {
 	struct vfsmount *upper_mnt;
-	unsigned numlower;
+	unsigned int numlower;
+	/* Number of unique lower sb that differ from upper sb */
+	unsigned int numlowerfs;
 	struct ovl_layer *lower_layers;
+	struct ovl_sb *lower_fs;
 	/* workbasedir is the path at workdir= mount option */
 	struct dentry *workbasedir;
 	/* workdir is the 'work' directory under workbasedir */
@@ -50,8 +60,6 @@ struct ovl_fs {
 	const struct cred *creator_cred;
 	bool tmpfile;
 	bool noxattr;
-	/* sb common to all layers */
-	struct super_block *same_sb;
 	/* Did we take the inuse lock? */
 	bool upperdir_locked;
 	bool workdir_locked;
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/super.c b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
index 7c24619ae7fc5229a5d3af6c9298b51064498325..7d97d30cad397eed320ee01e5a4dd3b5c921828d 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
@@ -236,11 +236,12 @@ static void ovl_free_fs(struct ovl_fs *ofs)
 	if (ofs->upperdir_locked)
 		ovl_inuse_unlock(ofs->upper_mnt->mnt_root);
 	mntput(ofs->upper_mnt);
-	for (i = 0; i < ofs->numlower; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < ofs->numlower; i++)
 		mntput(ofs->lower_layers[i].mnt);
-		free_anon_bdev(ofs->lower_layers[i].pseudo_dev);
-	}
+	for (i = 0; i < ofs->numlowerfs; i++)
+		free_anon_bdev(ofs->lower_fs[i].pseudo_dev);
 	kfree(ofs->lower_layers);
+	kfree(ofs->lower_fs);
 
 	kfree(ofs->config.lowerdir);
 	kfree(ofs->config.upperdir);
@@ -1108,6 +1109,35 @@ static int ovl_get_indexdir(struct ovl_fs *ofs, struct ovl_entry *oe,
 	return err;
 }
 
+/* Get a unique fsid for the layer */
+static int ovl_get_fsid(struct ovl_fs *ofs, struct super_block *sb)
+{
+	unsigned int i;
+	dev_t dev;
+	int err;
+
+	/* fsid 0 is reserved for upper fs even with non upper overlay */
+	if (ofs->upper_mnt && ofs->upper_mnt->mnt_sb == sb)
+		return 0;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < ofs->numlowerfs; i++) {
+		if (ofs->lower_fs[i].sb == sb)
+			return i + 1;
+	}
+
+	err = get_anon_bdev(&dev);
+	if (err) {
+		pr_err("overlayfs: failed to get anonymous bdev for lowerpath\n");
+		return err;
+	}
+
+	ofs->lower_fs[ofs->numlowerfs].sb = sb;
+	ofs->lower_fs[ofs->numlowerfs].pseudo_dev = dev;
+	ofs->numlowerfs++;
+
+	return ofs->numlowerfs;
+}
+
 static int ovl_get_lower_layers(struct ovl_fs *ofs, struct path *stack,
 				unsigned int numlower)
 {
@@ -1119,23 +1149,27 @@ static int ovl_get_lower_layers(struct ovl_fs *ofs, struct path *stack,
 				    GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (ofs->lower_layers == NULL)
 		goto out;
+
+	ofs->lower_fs = kcalloc(numlower, sizeof(struct ovl_sb),
+				GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (ofs->lower_fs == NULL)
+		goto out;
+
 	for (i = 0; i < numlower; i++) {
 		struct vfsmount *mnt;
-		dev_t dev;
+		int fsid;
 
-		err = get_anon_bdev(&dev);
-		if (err) {
-			pr_err("overlayfs: failed to get anonymous bdev for lowerpath\n");
+		err = fsid = ovl_get_fsid(ofs, stack[i].mnt->mnt_sb);
+		if (err < 0)
 			goto out;
-		}
 
 		mnt = clone_private_mount(&stack[i]);
 		err = PTR_ERR(mnt);
 		if (IS_ERR(mnt)) {
 			pr_err("overlayfs: failed to clone lowerpath\n");
-			free_anon_bdev(dev);
 			goto out;
 		}
+
 		/*
 		 * Make lower layers R/O.  That way fchmod/fchown on lower file
 		 * will fail instead of modifying lower fs.
@@ -1143,15 +1177,13 @@ static int ovl_get_lower_layers(struct ovl_fs *ofs, struct path *stack,
 		mnt->mnt_flags |= MNT_READONLY | MNT_NOATIME;
 
 		ofs->lower_layers[ofs->numlower].mnt = mnt;
-		ofs->lower_layers[ofs->numlower].pseudo_dev = dev;
 		ofs->lower_layers[ofs->numlower].idx = i + 1;
+		ofs->lower_layers[ofs->numlower].fsid = fsid;
+		if (fsid) {
+			ofs->lower_layers[ofs->numlower].fs =
+				&ofs->lower_fs[fsid - 1];
+		}
 		ofs->numlower++;
-
-		/* Check if all lower layers are on same sb */
-		if (i == 0)
-			ofs->same_sb = mnt->mnt_sb;
-		else if (ofs->same_sb != mnt->mnt_sb)
-			ofs->same_sb = NULL;
 	}
 	err = 0;
 out:
@@ -1305,8 +1337,6 @@ static int ovl_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	/* If the upper fs is nonexistent, we mark overlayfs r/o too */
 	if (!ofs->upper_mnt)
 		sb->s_flags |= SB_RDONLY;
-	else if (ofs->upper_mnt->mnt_sb != ofs->same_sb)
-		ofs->same_sb = NULL;
 
 	if (!(ovl_force_readonly(ofs)) && ofs->config.index) {
 		err = ovl_get_indexdir(ofs, oe, &upperpath);
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/util.c b/fs/overlayfs/util.c
index 5042293d2078902dbba3f96a55f6d73f126dba4e..9dfec74ec77d466aac575438aecc1328f5907f81 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/util.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/util.c
@@ -47,7 +47,12 @@ struct super_block *ovl_same_sb(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	struct ovl_fs *ofs = sb->s_fs_info;
 
-	return ofs->same_sb;
+	if (!ofs->numlowerfs)
+		return ofs->upper_mnt->mnt_sb;
+	else if (ofs->numlowerfs == 1 && !ofs->upper_mnt)
+		return ofs->lower_fs[0].sb;
+	else
+		return NULL;
 }
 
 bool ovl_can_decode_fh(struct super_block *sb)