diff --git a/overlay.go b/overlay.go
index 886386732ca91903dfa04b62367d18f4125771e5..2c14fc35805bfe0b128a2d164e5beaafb71e28f2 100644
--- a/overlay.go
+++ b/overlay.go
@@ -68,10 +68,9 @@
 // New returns a new FS
 func New(root string, fs fs.FS, opts ...Option) (*FS, error) {
 	x := &FS{
-		fs:      fs,
+		fs:    fs,
-		root:    root,
+		root:  root,
-		doCache: true,
-		cache:   make(map[string]bool),
+		cache: make(map[string]bool),
 	}
 
 	for _, opt := range opts {