diff --git a/fs/gfs2/quota.c b/fs/gfs2/quota.c
index fccdb22980e8..97fdf64148ba 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/quota.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/quota.c
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ static struct gfs2_quota_data *qd_alloc(unsigned hash, struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, str
 		return NULL;
 
 	qd->qd_sbd = sdp;
-	qd->qd_lockref.count = 1;
+	qd->qd_lockref.count = 0;
 	spin_lock_init(&qd->qd_lockref.lock);
 	qd->qd_id = qid;
 	qd->qd_slot = -1;
@@ -290,6 +290,7 @@ static int qd_get(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, struct kqid qid,
 	spin_lock_bucket(hash);
 	*qdp = qd = gfs2_qd_search_bucket(hash, sdp, qid);
 	if (qd == NULL) {
+		new_qd->qd_lockref.count++;
 		*qdp = new_qd;
 		list_add(&new_qd->qd_list, &sdp->sd_quota_list);
 		hlist_bl_add_head_rcu(&new_qd->qd_hlist, &qd_hash_table[hash]);