diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
index e0d8c6152e9f..7f3558372c59 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
@@ -254,8 +254,10 @@ static inline struct dentry *ovl_do_mkdir(struct ovl_fs *ofs,
 {
 	struct dentry *ret;
 
+	/* vfs_mkdir() drops @dentry on failure and may replace it on success */
+	pr_debug("mkdir(%pd2, 0%o)\n", dentry, mode);
 	ret = vfs_mkdir(ovl_upper_mnt_idmap(ofs), dir, dentry, mode, NULL);
-	pr_debug("mkdir(%pd2, 0%o) = %i\n", dentry, mode, PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(ret));
+	pr_debug("...mkdir = %i\n", PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(ret));
 	return ret;
 }