diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 917d562..536a934 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -4986,42 +4986,6 @@ ovl_readlink (fuse_req_t req, fuse_ino_t ino)
   fuse_reply_readlink (req, buf);
 }
 
-static int
-hide_all (struct ovl_data *lo, struct ovl_node *node)
-{
-  struct ovl_node **nodes;
-  size_t i, nodes_size;
-
-  node = reload_dir (lo, node);
-  if (node == NULL)
-    return -1;
-
-  nodes_size = hash_get_n_entries (node->children) + 2;
-  nodes = malloc (sizeof (struct ovl_node *) * nodes_size);
-  if (nodes == NULL)
-    return -1;
-
-  nodes_size = hash_get_entries (node->children, (void **) nodes, nodes_size);
-  for (i = 0; i < nodes_size; i++)
-    {
-      struct ovl_node *it;
-      int ret;
-
-      it = nodes[i];
-      ret = create_whiteout (lo, node, it->name, false, true);
-      node_free (it);
-
-      if (ret < 0)
-        {
-          free (nodes);
-          return ret;
-        }
-    }
-
-  free (nodes);
-  return 0;
-}
-
 static void
 ovl_mknod (fuse_req_t req, fuse_ino_t parent, const char *name, mode_t mode, dev_t rdev)
 {
@@ -5243,21 +5207,9 @@ ovl_mkdir (fuse_req_t req, fuse_ino_t parent, const char *name, mode_t mode)
       return;
     }
 
-  if (parent_upperdir_only)
-    {
-      node->last_layer = pnode->last_layer;
-      if (get_timeout (lo) > 0)
-        node->loaded = 1;
-    }
-  else
-    {
-      ret = hide_all (lo, node);
-      if (ret < 0)
-        {
-          fuse_reply_err (req, errno);
-          return;
-        }
-    }
+  node->last_layer = get_upper_layer (lo);
+  if (get_timeout (lo) > 0)
+    node->loaded = 1;
 
   memset (&e, 0, sizeof (e));
 
diff --git a/tests/fedora-installs.sh b/tests/fedora-installs.sh
index 6b946ff..fff1218 100755
--- a/tests/fedora-installs.sh
+++ b/tests/fedora-installs.sh
@@ -258,3 +258,18 @@ fuse-overlayfs -o lowerdir=lower,upperdir=upper,workdir=workdir merged
 stat merged/foo
 
 umount merged
+
+# https://github.com/containers/fuse-overlayfs/issues/444
+
+rm -rf lower upper workdir merged
+mkdir lower upper workdir merged
+
+mkdir -p lower/base/test/test1
+touch lower/base/test/test1/test1-file
+
+fuse-overlayfs -o lowerdir=lower,upperdir=upper,workdir=workdir merged
+
+mv merged/base/test/test1 merged/base/test/tmp
+cp -r merged/base/test/tmp merged/base/test/test1
+
+umount merged