diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/dir.c b/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
index 369ee7c..f2a118b 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
@@ -149,6 +149,22 @@
 	return ovl_set_opaque_xerr(dentry, upperdentry, -EIO);
 }
 
+static int ovl_set_impure(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *upperdentry)
+{
+	int err;
+
+	/*
+	 * Do not fail when upper doesn't support xattrs.
+	 * Upper inodes won't have origin nor redirect xattr anyway.
+	 */
+	err = ovl_check_setxattr(dentry, upperdentry, OVL_XATTR_IMPURE,
+				 "y", 1, 0);
+	if (!err)
+		ovl_dentry_set_impure(dentry);
+
+	return err;
+}
+
 /* Common operations required to be done after creation of file on upper */
 static void ovl_instantiate(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
 			    struct dentry *newdentry, bool hardlink)
@@ -173,6 +189,11 @@
 	return OVL_TYPE_MERGE(ovl_path_type(dentry));
 }
 
+static bool ovl_type_origin(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	return OVL_TYPE_ORIGIN(ovl_path_type(dentry));
+}
+
 static int ovl_create_upper(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
 			    struct cattr *attr, struct dentry *hardlink)
 {
@@ -952,6 +973,30 @@
 	old_upperdir = ovl_dentry_upper(old->d_parent);
 	new_upperdir = ovl_dentry_upper(new->d_parent);
 
+	if (!samedir) {
+		/*
+		 * When moving a merge dir or non-dir with copy up origin into
+		 * a non-merge upper dir (a.k.a pure upper dir), we are making
+		 * the target parent dir "impure". ovl_iterate() iterates pure
+		 * upper dirs directly, because there is no need to filter out
+		 * whiteouts and merge dir content with lower dir. But for the
+		 * case of an "impure" upper dir, ovl_iterate() cannot iterate
+		 * the real directory directly, because it looks for the inode
+		 * numbers to fill d_ino in the entries origin inode.
+		 */
+		if (ovl_type_origin(old) && !ovl_type_merge(new->d_parent)) {
+			err = ovl_set_impure(new->d_parent, new_upperdir);
+			if (err)
+				goto out_revert_creds;
+		}
+		if (!overwrite && ovl_type_origin(new) &&
+		    !ovl_type_merge(old->d_parent)) {
+			err = ovl_set_impure(old->d_parent, old_upperdir);
+			if (err)
+				goto out_revert_creds;
+		}
+	}
+
 	trap = lock_rename(new_upperdir, old_upperdir);
 
 	olddentry = lookup_one_len(old->d_name.name, old_upperdir,
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/namei.c b/fs/overlayfs/namei.c
index bad0f66..0c72a59 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/namei.c
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
 	goto out;
 }
 
-static bool ovl_is_opaquedir(struct dentry *dentry)
+static bool ovl_check_dir_xattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name)
 {
 	int res;
 	char val;
@@ -175,13 +175,23 @@
 	if (!d_is_dir(dentry))
 		return false;
 
-	res = vfs_getxattr(dentry, OVL_XATTR_OPAQUE, &val, 1);
+	res = vfs_getxattr(dentry, name, &val, 1);
 	if (res == 1 && val == 'y')
 		return true;
 
 	return false;
 }
 
+static bool ovl_is_opaquedir(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	return ovl_check_dir_xattr(dentry, OVL_XATTR_OPAQUE);
+}
+
+static bool ovl_is_impuredir(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	return ovl_check_dir_xattr(dentry, OVL_XATTR_IMPURE);
+}
+
 static int ovl_lookup_single(struct dentry *base, struct ovl_lookup_data *d,
 			     const char *name, unsigned int namelen,
 			     size_t prelen, const char *post,
@@ -351,6 +361,7 @@
 	unsigned int ctr = 0;
 	struct inode *inode = NULL;
 	bool upperopaque = false;
+	bool upperimpure = false;
 	char *upperredirect = NULL;
 	struct dentry *this;
 	unsigned int i;
@@ -395,6 +406,8 @@
 				poe = roe;
 		}
 		upperopaque = d.opaque;
+		if (upperdentry && d.is_dir)
+			upperimpure = ovl_is_impuredir(upperdentry);
 	}
 
 	if (!d.stop && poe->numlower) {
@@ -463,6 +476,7 @@
 
 	revert_creds(old_cred);
 	oe->opaque = upperopaque;
+	oe->impure = upperimpure;
 	oe->redirect = upperredirect;
 	oe->__upperdentry = upperdentry;
 	memcpy(oe->lowerstack, stack, sizeof(struct path) * ctr);
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
index 7c56932..a9fb958 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #define OVL_XATTR_OPAQUE OVL_XATTR_PREFIX "opaque"
 #define OVL_XATTR_REDIRECT OVL_XATTR_PREFIX "redirect"
 #define OVL_XATTR_ORIGIN OVL_XATTR_PREFIX "origin"
+#define OVL_XATTR_IMPURE OVL_XATTR_PREFIX "impure"
 
 /*
  * The tuple (fh,uuid) is a universal unique identifier for a copy up origin,
@@ -203,8 +204,10 @@
 struct ovl_dir_cache *ovl_dir_cache(struct dentry *dentry);
 void ovl_set_dir_cache(struct dentry *dentry, struct ovl_dir_cache *cache);
 bool ovl_dentry_is_opaque(struct dentry *dentry);
+bool ovl_dentry_is_impure(struct dentry *dentry);
 bool ovl_dentry_is_whiteout(struct dentry *dentry);
 void ovl_dentry_set_opaque(struct dentry *dentry);
+void ovl_dentry_set_impure(struct dentry *dentry);
 bool ovl_redirect_dir(struct super_block *sb);
 const char *ovl_dentry_get_redirect(struct dentry *dentry);
 void ovl_dentry_set_redirect(struct dentry *dentry, const char *redirect);
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/ovl_entry.h b/fs/overlayfs/ovl_entry.h
index ad86c0a..34bc4a9 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/ovl_entry.h
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/ovl_entry.h
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 			u64 version;
 			const char *redirect;
 			bool opaque;
+			bool impure;
 			bool copying;
 		};
 		struct rcu_head rcu;
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/util.c b/fs/overlayfs/util.c
index 4d541a8..e0dfb07 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/util.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/util.c
@@ -175,6 +175,13 @@
 	return oe->opaque;
 }
 
+bool ovl_dentry_is_impure(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	struct ovl_entry *oe = dentry->d_fsdata;
+
+	return oe->impure;
+}
+
 bool ovl_dentry_is_whiteout(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	return !dentry->d_inode && ovl_dentry_is_opaque(dentry);
@@ -187,6 +194,13 @@
 	oe->opaque = true;
 }
 
+void ovl_dentry_set_impure(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	struct ovl_entry *oe = dentry->d_fsdata;
+
+	oe->impure = true;
+}
+
 bool ovl_redirect_dir(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	struct ovl_fs *ofs = sb->s_fs_info;