diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/file.c b/fs/overlayfs/file.c
index 969b458100fe..548f0e6aed54 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/file.c
@@ -273,6 +273,12 @@ static loff_t ovl_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
 	ovl_inode_lock(inode);
 	realfile->f_pos = file->f_pos;
 
+	/* Prevent WARNING in file_seek_cur_needs_f_lock() */
+	if (whence == SEEK_CUR && offset) {
+		offset += file->f_pos;
+		whence = SEEK_SET;
+	}
+
 	old_cred = ovl_override_creds(inode->i_sb);
 	ret = vfs_llseek(realfile, offset, whence);
 	ovl_revert_creds(old_cred);