diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
index 47a4f33df47b..f523511b324f 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
@@ -194,9 +194,8 @@ static int ovl_readlink(struct dentry *dentry, char __user *buf, int bufsiz)
 
 bool ovl_is_private_xattr(const char *name)
 {
-#define OVL_XATTR_PRE_NAME OVL_XATTR_PREFIX "."
-	return strncmp(name, OVL_XATTR_PRE_NAME,
-		       sizeof(OVL_XATTR_PRE_NAME) - 1) == 0;
+	return strncmp(name, OVL_XATTR_PREFIX,
+		       sizeof(OVL_XATTR_PREFIX) - 1) == 0;
 }
 
 int ovl_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
index 9a95e2c5653e..f50c390683a3 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ enum ovl_path_type {
 	(OVL_TYPE_MERGE(type) || !OVL_TYPE_UPPER(type))
 
 
-#define OVL_XATTR_PREFIX XATTR_TRUSTED_PREFIX "overlay"
-#define OVL_XATTR_OPAQUE OVL_XATTR_PREFIX ".opaque"
+#define OVL_XATTR_PREFIX XATTR_TRUSTED_PREFIX "overlay."
+#define OVL_XATTR_OPAQUE OVL_XATTR_PREFIX "opaque"
 
 #define OVL_ISUPPER_MASK 1UL