diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/util.c b/fs/overlayfs/util.c
index 3f1b763a8bb4c..3e4116b9f96a4 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/util.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/util.c
@@ -1376,7 +1376,7 @@ int ovl_ensure_verity_loaded(const struct path *datapath)
 	struct inode *inode = d_inode(datapath->dentry);
 	struct file *filp;
 
-	if (!fsverity_active(inode) && IS_VERITY(inode)) {
+	if (IS_VERITY(inode) && !fsverity_get_info(inode)) {
 		/*
 		 * If this inode was not yet opened, the verity info hasn't been
 		 * loaded yet, so we need to do that here to force it into memory.