diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/file.c b/fs/overlayfs/file.c
index dbfb35fb0ff7..6e454a294046 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/file.c
@@ -686,6 +686,26 @@ static loff_t ovl_remap_file_range(struct file *file_in, loff_t pos_in,
 			    remap_flags, op);
 }
 
+static int ovl_flush(struct file *file, fl_owner_t id)
+{
+	struct fd real;
+	const struct cred *old_cred;
+	int err;
+
+	err = ovl_real_fdget(file, &real);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	if (real.file->f_op->flush) {
+		old_cred = ovl_override_creds(file_inode(file)->i_sb);
+		err = real.file->f_op->flush(real.file, id);
+		revert_creds(old_cred);
+	}
+	fdput(real);
+
+	return err;
+}
+
 const struct file_operations ovl_file_operations = {
 	.open		= ovl_open,
 	.release	= ovl_release,
@@ -697,6 +717,7 @@ const struct file_operations ovl_file_operations = {
 	.fallocate	= ovl_fallocate,
 	.fadvise	= ovl_fadvise,
 	.unlocked_ioctl	= ovl_ioctl,
+	.flush		= ovl_flush,
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
 	.compat_ioctl	= ovl_compat_ioctl,
 #endif