diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/readdir.c b/fs/overlayfs/readdir.c
index e285194306cc..28d399de26f3 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/readdir.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/readdir.c
@@ -955,14 +955,8 @@ static loff_t ovl_dir_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin)
 static struct file *ovl_dir_open_realfile(const struct file *file,
 					  const struct path *realpath)
 {
-	struct file *res;
-	const struct cred *old_cred;
-
-	old_cred = ovl_override_creds(file_inode(file)->i_sb);
-	res = ovl_path_open(realpath, O_RDONLY | (file->f_flags & O_LARGEFILE));
-	ovl_revert_creds(old_cred);
-
-	return res;
+	with_ovl_creds(file_inode(file)->i_sb)
+		return ovl_path_open(realpath, O_RDONLY | (file->f_flags & O_LARGEFILE));
 }
 
 /*