diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.rst
index b63e0db03631..d55381d3fa0f 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.rst
@@ -657,6 +657,22 @@ can be useful in case the underlying disk is copied and the UUID of this copy
 is changed. This is only applicable if all lower/upper/work directories are on
 the same filesystem, otherwise it will fallback to normal behaviour.
 
+
+UUID and fsid
+-------------
+
+The UUID of overlayfs instance itself and the fsid reported by statfs(2) are
+controlled by the "uuid" mount option, which supports these values:
+
+- "null": (default)
+    UUID of overlayfs is null. fsid is taken from upper most filesystem.
+- "off":
+    UUID of overlayfs is null. fsid is taken from upper most filesystem.
+    UUID of underlying layers is ignored.
+- "on":
+    UUID of overlayfs is generated and used to report a unique fsid.
+
+
 Volatile mount
 --------------
 
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c b/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
index 2ead7c9a7748..618651b54818 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ struct ovl_fh *ovl_encode_real_fh(struct ovl_fs *ofs, struct dentry *real,
 	if (is_upper)
 		fh->fb.flags |= OVL_FH_FLAG_PATH_UPPER;
 	fh->fb.len = sizeof(fh->fb) + buflen;
-	if (ofs->config.uuid)
+	if (ovl_origin_uuid(ofs))
 		fh->fb.uuid = *uuid;
 
 	return fh;
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/namei.c b/fs/overlayfs/namei.c
index d00ec43f2376..84c06512fb71 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/namei.c
@@ -171,8 +171,9 @@ struct dentry *ovl_decode_real_fh(struct ovl_fs *ofs, struct ovl_fh *fh,
 	 * layer where file handle will be decoded.
 	 * In case of uuid=off option just make sure that stored uuid is null.
 	 */
-	if (ofs->config.uuid ? !uuid_equal(&fh->fb.uuid, &mnt->mnt_sb->s_uuid) :
-			      !uuid_is_null(&fh->fb.uuid))
+	if (ovl_origin_uuid(ofs) ?
+	    !uuid_equal(&fh->fb.uuid, &mnt->mnt_sb->s_uuid) :
+	    !uuid_is_null(&fh->fb.uuid))
 		return NULL;
 
 	bytes = (fh->fb.len - offsetof(struct ovl_fb, fid));
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
index 453610fb9bf9..000dd89fe319 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
@@ -67,6 +67,12 @@ enum {
 	OVL_REDIRECT_ON,
 };
 
+enum {
+	OVL_UUID_OFF,
+	OVL_UUID_NULL,
+	OVL_UUID_ON,
+};
+
 enum {
 	OVL_XINO_OFF,
 	OVL_XINO_AUTO,
@@ -534,6 +540,16 @@ static inline bool ovl_redirect_dir(struct ovl_fs *ofs)
 	return ofs->config.redirect_mode == OVL_REDIRECT_ON;
 }
 
+static inline bool ovl_origin_uuid(struct ovl_fs *ofs)
+{
+	return ofs->config.uuid != OVL_UUID_OFF;
+}
+
+static inline bool ovl_has_fsid(struct ovl_fs *ofs)
+{
+	return ofs->config.uuid == OVL_UUID_ON;
+}
+
 /*
  * With xino=auto, we do best effort to keep all inodes on same st_dev and
  * d_ino consistent with st_ino.
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/ovl_entry.h b/fs/overlayfs/ovl_entry.h
index 7a5196c94d75..5d03f449adb1 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/ovl_entry.h
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/ovl_entry.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ struct ovl_config {
 	int redirect_mode;
 	int verity_mode;
 	bool index;
-	bool uuid;
+	int uuid;
 	bool nfs_export;
 	int xino;
 	bool metacopy;
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/params.c b/fs/overlayfs/params.c
index 575a60b76a6c..1ff93467e793 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/params.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/params.c
@@ -65,6 +65,23 @@ static const struct constant_table ovl_parameter_bool[] = {
 	{}
 };
 
+static const struct constant_table ovl_parameter_uuid[] = {
+	{ "off",	OVL_UUID_OFF  },
+	{ "null",	OVL_UUID_NULL },
+	{ "on",		OVL_UUID_ON   },
+	{}
+};
+
+static const char *ovl_uuid_mode(struct ovl_config *config)
+{
+	return ovl_parameter_uuid[config->uuid].name;
+}
+
+static int ovl_uuid_def(void)
+{
+	return OVL_UUID_NULL;
+}
+
 static const struct constant_table ovl_parameter_xino[] = {
 	{ "off",	OVL_XINO_OFF  },
 	{ "auto",	OVL_XINO_AUTO },
@@ -129,7 +146,7 @@ const struct fs_parameter_spec ovl_parameter_spec[] = {
 	fsparam_flag("default_permissions", Opt_default_permissions),
 	fsparam_enum("redirect_dir",        Opt_redirect_dir, ovl_parameter_redirect_dir),
 	fsparam_enum("index",               Opt_index, ovl_parameter_bool),
-	fsparam_enum("uuid",                Opt_uuid, ovl_parameter_bool),
+	fsparam_enum("uuid",                Opt_uuid, ovl_parameter_uuid),
 	fsparam_enum("nfs_export",          Opt_nfs_export, ovl_parameter_bool),
 	fsparam_flag("userxattr",           Opt_userxattr),
 	fsparam_enum("xino",                Opt_xino, ovl_parameter_xino),
@@ -701,7 +718,7 @@ int ovl_init_fs_context(struct fs_context *fc)
 
 	ofs->config.redirect_mode	= ovl_redirect_mode_def();
 	ofs->config.index		= ovl_index_def;
-	ofs->config.uuid		= true;
+	ofs->config.uuid		= ovl_uuid_def();
 	ofs->config.nfs_export		= ovl_nfs_export_def;
 	ofs->config.xino		= ovl_xino_def();
 	ofs->config.metacopy		= ovl_metacopy_def;
@@ -947,8 +964,8 @@ int ovl_show_options(struct seq_file *m, struct dentry *dentry)
 			   ovl_redirect_mode(&ofs->config));
 	if (ofs->config.index != ovl_index_def)
 		seq_printf(m, ",index=%s", ofs->config.index ? "on" : "off");
-	if (!ofs->config.uuid)
-		seq_puts(m, ",uuid=off");
+	if (ofs->config.uuid != ovl_uuid_def())
+		seq_printf(m, ",uuid=%s", ovl_uuid_mode(&ofs->config));
 	if (ofs->config.nfs_export != ovl_nfs_export_def)
 		seq_printf(m, ",nfs_export=%s", ofs->config.nfs_export ?
 						"on" : "off");
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/super.c b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
index e56108ffe8aa..c2bab6106e98 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
@@ -242,8 +242,9 @@ static int ovl_sync_fs(struct super_block *sb, int wait)
  */
 static int ovl_statfs(struct dentry *dentry, struct kstatfs *buf)
 {
-	struct ovl_fs *ofs = dentry->d_sb->s_fs_info;
-	struct dentry *root_dentry = dentry->d_sb->s_root;
+	struct super_block *sb = dentry->d_sb;
+	struct ovl_fs *ofs = OVL_FS(sb);
+	struct dentry *root_dentry = sb->s_root;
 	struct path path;
 	int err;
 
@@ -253,6 +254,8 @@ static int ovl_statfs(struct dentry *dentry, struct kstatfs *buf)
 	if (!err) {
 		buf->f_namelen = ofs->namelen;
 		buf->f_type = OVERLAYFS_SUPER_MAGIC;
+		if (ovl_has_fsid(ofs))
+			buf->f_fsid = uuid_to_fsid(sb->s_uuid.b);
 	}
 
 	return err;
@@ -1421,9 +1424,12 @@ int ovl_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc)
 	if (!ovl_upper_mnt(ofs))
 		sb->s_flags |= SB_RDONLY;
 
-	if (!ofs->config.uuid && ofs->numfs > 1) {
-		pr_warn("The uuid=off requires a single fs for lower and upper, falling back to uuid=on.\n");
-		ofs->config.uuid = true;
+	if (!ovl_origin_uuid(ofs) && ofs->numfs > 1) {
+		pr_warn("The uuid=off requires a single fs for lower and upper, falling back to uuid=null.\n");
+		ofs->config.uuid = OVL_UUID_NULL;
+	} else if (ovl_has_fsid(ofs)) {
+		/* Use per instance uuid/fsid */
+		uuid_gen(&sb->s_uuid);
 	}
 
 	if (!ovl_force_readonly(ofs) && ofs->config.index) {