diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index dc5aeda..da6ed5d 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+* fuse-overlayfs-1.1.2
+
+- fix build issues with libmusl.
+- fix memory leak when creating whiteout files.
+
 * fuse-overlayfs-1.1.1
 
 - fix lookup for overflow uid when it is different than the overflow gid.
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index d961ef0..fbbf93b 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -166,6 +166,8 @@ static bool disable_ovl_whiteout;
 static uid_t overflow_uid;
 static gid_t overflow_gid;
 
+static struct ovl_ino dummy_ino;
+
 static double
 get_timeout (struct ovl_data *lo)
 {
@@ -747,7 +749,7 @@ node_free (void *p)
       n->parent = NULL;
     }
 
-  if (n->ino || n->node_lookups > 0)
+  if ((n->ino && n->ino != &dummy_ino) || n->node_lookups > 0)
     return;
 
   if (n->children)
@@ -1082,8 +1084,6 @@ node_set_name (struct ovl_node *node, char *name)
     node->name_hash = hash_string (name, SIZE_MAX);
 }
 
-static struct ovl_ino dummy_ino;
-
 static struct ovl_node *
 make_whiteout_node (const char *path, const char *name)
 {