diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c b/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
index 4e7d5bfa2949..ed0a0ce6deda 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
@@ -140,12 +140,21 @@ static int ovl_copy_fileattr(struct inode *inode, struct path *old,
 	int err;
 
 	err = ovl_real_fileattr_get(old, &oldfa);
-	if (err)
+	if (err) {
+		/* Ntfs-3g return -EINVAL for "no fileattr support" */
+		if (err == -ENOTTY || err == -EINVAL)
+			return 0;
+		pr_warn("failed to retrieve fileattr (%pd2, err=%i)\n",
+			old, err);
 		return err;
+	}
 
 	err = ovl_real_fileattr_get(new, &newfa);
-	if (err)
+	if (err) {
+		pr_warn("failed to retrieve fileattr (%pd2, err=%i)\n",
+			old, err);
 		return err;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * We cannot set immutable and append-only flags on upper inode,
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
index 832b17589733..1f36158c7dbe 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
@@ -610,7 +610,10 @@ int ovl_real_fileattr_get(struct path *realpath, struct fileattr *fa)
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	return vfs_fileattr_get(realpath->dentry, fa);
+	err = vfs_fileattr_get(realpath->dentry, fa);
+	if (err == -ENOIOCTLCMD)
+		err = -ENOTTY;
+	return err;
 }
 
 int ovl_fileattr_get(struct dentry *dentry, struct fileattr *fa)