diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/dir.c b/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
index 170f8dbea4ad..e51c53bbf1b8 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
@@ -907,7 +907,6 @@ static void ovl_drop_nlink(struct dentry *dentry)
 static int ovl_do_remove(struct dentry *dentry, bool is_dir)
 {
 	int err;
-	const struct cred *old_cred;
 	bool lower_positive = ovl_lower_positive(dentry);
 	LIST_HEAD(list);
 
@@ -926,12 +925,12 @@ static int ovl_do_remove(struct dentry *dentry, bool is_dir)
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
 
-	old_cred = ovl_override_creds(dentry->d_sb);
-	if (!lower_positive)
-		err = ovl_remove_upper(dentry, is_dir, &list);
-	else
-		err = ovl_remove_and_whiteout(dentry, &list);
-	ovl_revert_creds(old_cred);
+	with_ovl_creds(dentry->d_sb) {
+		if (!lower_positive)
+			err = ovl_remove_upper(dentry, is_dir, &list);
+		else
+			err = ovl_remove_and_whiteout(dentry, &list);
+	}
 	if (!err) {
 		if (is_dir)
 			clear_nlink(dentry->d_inode);