diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/file.c b/fs/overlayfs/file.c
index 6011f955436b..cc0c077165bd 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/file.c
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ struct ovl_aio_req {
 	struct kiocb iocb;
 	refcount_t ref;
 	struct kiocb *orig_iocb;
-	struct fd fd;
 };
 
 static struct kmem_cache *ovl_aio_request_cachep;
@@ -260,7 +259,7 @@ static rwf_t ovl_iocb_to_rwf(int ifl)
 static inline void ovl_aio_put(struct ovl_aio_req *aio_req)
 {
 	if (refcount_dec_and_test(&aio_req->ref)) {
-		fdput(aio_req->fd);
+		fput(aio_req->iocb.ki_filp);
 		kmem_cache_free(ovl_aio_request_cachep, aio_req);
 	}
 }
@@ -325,10 +324,9 @@ static ssize_t ovl_read_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter)
 		if (!aio_req)
 			goto out;
 
-		aio_req->fd = real;
 		real.flags = 0;
 		aio_req->orig_iocb = iocb;
-		kiocb_clone(&aio_req->iocb, iocb, real.file);
+		kiocb_clone(&aio_req->iocb, iocb, get_file(real.file));
 		aio_req->iocb.ki_complete = ovl_aio_rw_complete;
 		refcount_set(&aio_req->ref, 2);
 		ret = vfs_iocb_iter_read(real.file, &aio_req->iocb, iter);
@@ -396,10 +394,9 @@ static ssize_t ovl_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter)
 		/* Pacify lockdep, same trick as done in aio_write() */
 		__sb_writers_release(file_inode(real.file)->i_sb,
 				     SB_FREEZE_WRITE);
-		aio_req->fd = real;
 		real.flags = 0;
 		aio_req->orig_iocb = iocb;
-		kiocb_clone(&aio_req->iocb, iocb, real.file);
+		kiocb_clone(&aio_req->iocb, iocb, get_file(real.file));
 		aio_req->iocb.ki_flags = ifl;
 		aio_req->iocb.ki_complete = ovl_aio_rw_complete;
 		refcount_set(&aio_req->ref, 2);