diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
index 2d6251a4caaf..b0d42ece4d7c 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
@@ -99,13 +99,13 @@ static int ovl_map_dev_ino(struct dentry *dentry, struct kstat *stat, int fsid)
 		 * This way all overlay inode numbers are unique and use the
 		 * overlay st_dev.
 		 */
-		if (unlikely(stat->ino >> xinoshift)) {
-			pr_warn_ratelimited("inode number too big (%pd2, ino=%llu, xinobits=%d)\n",
-					    dentry, stat->ino, xinobits);
-		} else {
+		if (likely(!(stat->ino >> xinoshift))) {
 			stat->ino |= ((u64)fsid) << (xinoshift + 1);
 			stat->dev = dentry->d_sb->s_dev;
 			return 0;
+		} else if (ovl_xino_warn(dentry->d_sb)) {
+			pr_warn_ratelimited("inode number too big (%pd2, ino=%llu, xinobits=%d)\n",
+					    dentry, stat->ino, xinobits);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
index e81fea86139e..e6f3670146ed 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
@@ -48,6 +48,12 @@ enum ovl_entry_flag {
 	OVL_E_CONNECTED,
 };
 
+enum {
+	OVL_XINO_OFF,
+	OVL_XINO_AUTO,
+	OVL_XINO_ON,
+};
+
 /*
  * The tuple (fh,uuid) is a universal unique identifier for a copy up origin,
  * where:
@@ -301,6 +307,16 @@ static inline bool ovl_is_impuredir(struct dentry *dentry)
 	return ovl_check_dir_xattr(dentry, OVL_XATTR_IMPURE);
 }
 
+/*
+ * With xino=auto, we do best effort to keep all inodes on same st_dev and
+ * d_ino consistent with st_ino.
+ * With xino=on, we do the same effort but we warn if we failed.
+ */
+static inline bool ovl_xino_warn(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+	return OVL_FS(sb)->config.xino == OVL_XINO_ON;
+}
+
 /* All layers on same fs? */
 static inline bool ovl_same_fs(struct super_block *sb)
 {
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/readdir.c b/fs/overlayfs/readdir.c
index 6325dcc4c48b..e452ff7d583d 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/readdir.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/readdir.c
@@ -438,13 +438,15 @@ static struct ovl_dir_cache *ovl_cache_get(struct dentry *dentry)
 
 /* Map inode number to lower fs unique range */
 static u64 ovl_remap_lower_ino(u64 ino, int xinobits, int fsid,
-			       const char *name, int namelen)
+			       const char *name, int namelen, bool warn)
 {
 	unsigned int xinoshift = 64 - xinobits;
 
 	if (unlikely(ino >> xinoshift)) {
-		pr_warn_ratelimited("d_ino too big (%.*s, ino=%llu, xinobits=%d)\n",
-				    namelen, name, ino, xinobits);
+		if (warn) {
+			pr_warn_ratelimited("d_ino too big (%.*s, ino=%llu, xinobits=%d)\n",
+					    namelen, name, ino, xinobits);
+		}
 		return ino;
 	}
 
@@ -521,7 +523,8 @@ static int ovl_cache_update_ino(struct path *path, struct ovl_cache_entry *p)
 	} else if (xinobits && !OVL_TYPE_UPPER(type)) {
 		ino = ovl_remap_lower_ino(ino, xinobits,
 					  ovl_layer_lower(this)->fsid,
-					  p->name, p->len);
+					  p->name, p->len,
+					  ovl_xino_warn(dir->d_sb));
 	}
 
 out:
@@ -651,6 +654,7 @@ struct ovl_readdir_translate {
 	u64 parent_ino;
 	int fsid;
 	int xinobits;
+	bool xinowarn;
 };
 
 static int ovl_fill_real(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name,
@@ -671,7 +675,7 @@ static int ovl_fill_real(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name,
 			ino = p->ino;
 	} else if (rdt->xinobits) {
 		ino = ovl_remap_lower_ino(ino, rdt->xinobits, rdt->fsid,
-					  name, namelen);
+					  name, namelen, rdt->xinowarn);
 	}
 
 	return orig_ctx->actor(orig_ctx, name, namelen, offset, ino, d_type);
@@ -702,6 +706,7 @@ static int ovl_iterate_real(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 		.ctx.actor = ovl_fill_real,
 		.orig_ctx = ctx,
 		.xinobits = ovl_xino_bits(dir->d_sb),
+		.xinowarn = ovl_xino_warn(dir->d_sb),
 	};
 
 	if (rdt.xinobits && lower_layer)
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/super.c b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
index 53dd094f970e..732ad5495c92 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
@@ -317,12 +317,6 @@ static const char *ovl_redirect_mode_def(void)
 	return ovl_redirect_dir_def ? "on" : "off";
 }
 
-enum {
-	OVL_XINO_OFF,
-	OVL_XINO_AUTO,
-	OVL_XINO_ON,
-};
-
 static const char * const ovl_xino_str[] = {
 	"off",
 	"auto",
@@ -1479,8 +1473,8 @@ static int ovl_get_layers(struct super_block *sb, struct ovl_fs *ofs,
 
 	/*
 	 * When all layers on same fs, overlay can use real inode numbers.
-	 * With mount option "xino=on", mounter declares that there are enough
-	 * free high bits in underlying fs to hold the unique fsid.
+	 * With mount option "xino=<on|auto>", mounter declares that there are
+	 * enough free high bits in underlying fs to hold the unique fsid.
 	 * If overlayfs does encounter underlying inodes using the high xino
 	 * bits reserved for fsid, it emits a warning and uses the original
 	 * inode number or a non persistent inode number allocated from a
@@ -1492,7 +1486,7 @@ static int ovl_get_layers(struct super_block *sb, struct ovl_fs *ofs,
 		ofs->xino_mode = 0;
 	} else if (ofs->config.xino == OVL_XINO_OFF) {
 		ofs->xino_mode = -1;
-	} else if (ofs->config.xino == OVL_XINO_ON && ofs->xino_mode < 0) {
+	} else if (ofs->xino_mode < 0) {
 		/*
 		 * This is a roundup of number of bits needed for encoding
 		 * fsid, where fsid 0 is reserved for upper fs (even with