diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/file.c b/fs/overlayfs/file.c
index fcb0bb049c2c..8955fdf2efa3 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/file.c
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include "overlayfs.h"
 
+#define OVL_IOCB_MASK (IOCB_DSYNC | IOCB_HIPRI | IOCB_NOWAIT | IOCB_SYNC)
+
 struct ovl_aio_req {
 	struct kiocb iocb;
 	struct kiocb *orig_iocb;
@@ -241,22 +243,6 @@ static void ovl_file_accessed(struct file *file)
 	touch_atime(&file->f_path);
 }
 
-static rwf_t ovl_iocb_to_rwf(int ifl)
-{
-	rwf_t flags = 0;
-
-	if (ifl & IOCB_NOWAIT)
-		flags |= RWF_NOWAIT;
-	if (ifl & IOCB_HIPRI)
-		flags |= RWF_HIPRI;
-	if (ifl & IOCB_DSYNC)
-		flags |= RWF_DSYNC;
-	if (ifl & IOCB_SYNC)
-		flags |= RWF_SYNC;
-
-	return flags;
-}
-
 static void ovl_aio_cleanup_handler(struct ovl_aio_req *aio_req)
 {
 	struct kiocb *iocb = &aio_req->iocb;
@@ -304,7 +290,8 @@ static ssize_t ovl_read_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter)
 	old_cred = ovl_override_creds(file_inode(file)->i_sb);
 	if (is_sync_kiocb(iocb)) {
 		ret = vfs_iter_read(real.file, iter, &iocb->ki_pos,
-				    ovl_iocb_to_rwf(iocb->ki_flags));
+				    iocb_to_rw_flags(iocb->ki_flags,
+						     OVL_IOCB_MASK));
 	} else {
 		struct ovl_aio_req *aio_req;
 
@@ -362,7 +349,7 @@ static ssize_t ovl_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter)
 	if (is_sync_kiocb(iocb)) {
 		file_start_write(real.file);
 		ret = vfs_iter_write(real.file, iter, &iocb->ki_pos,
-				     ovl_iocb_to_rwf(ifl));
+				     iocb_to_rw_flags(ifl, OVL_IOCB_MASK));
 		file_end_write(real.file);
 		/* Update size */
 		ovl_copyattr(ovl_inode_real(inode), inode);
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 517d8d2d9600..d25141fc91c2 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -3279,6 +3279,11 @@ static inline int kiocb_set_rw_flags(struct kiocb *ki, rwf_t flags)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static inline rwf_t iocb_to_rw_flags(int ifl, int iocb_mask)
+{
+	return ifl & iocb_mask;
+}
+
 static inline ino_t parent_ino(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	ino_t res;