diff --git a/fs/quota/dquot.c b/fs/quota/dquot.c
index 39f1b0b0c76f..d38684ff2ebb 100644
--- a/fs/quota/dquot.c
+++ b/fs/quota/dquot.c
@@ -941,12 +941,13 @@ static int dqinit_needed(struct inode *inode, int type)
 }
 
 /* This routine is guarded by s_umount semaphore */
-static void add_dquot_ref(struct super_block *sb, int type)
+static int add_dquot_ref(struct super_block *sb, int type)
 {
 	struct inode *inode, *old_inode = NULL;
 #ifdef CONFIG_QUOTA_DEBUG
 	int reserved = 0;
 #endif
+	int err = 0;
 
 	spin_lock(&sb->s_inode_list_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(inode, &sb->s_inodes, i_sb_list) {
@@ -966,7 +967,11 @@ static void add_dquot_ref(struct super_block *sb, int type)
 			reserved = 1;
 #endif
 		iput(old_inode);
-		__dquot_initialize(inode, type);
+		err = __dquot_initialize(inode, type);
+		if (err) {
+			iput(inode);
+			goto out;
+		}
 
 		/*
 		 * We hold a reference to 'inode' so it couldn't have been
@@ -981,7 +986,7 @@ static void add_dquot_ref(struct super_block *sb, int type)
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&sb->s_inode_list_lock);
 	iput(old_inode);
-
+out:
 #ifdef CONFIG_QUOTA_DEBUG
 	if (reserved) {
 		quota_error(sb, "Writes happened before quota was turned on "
@@ -989,6 +994,7 @@ static void add_dquot_ref(struct super_block *sb, int type)
 			"Please run quotacheck(8)");
 	}
 #endif
+	return err;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -2379,10 +2385,11 @@ static int vfs_load_quota_inode(struct inode *inode, int type, int format_id,
 	dqopt->flags |= dquot_state_flag(flags, type);
 	spin_unlock(&dq_state_lock);
 
-	add_dquot_ref(sb, type);
-
-	return 0;
+	error = add_dquot_ref(sb, type);
+	if (error)
+		dquot_disable(sb, type, flags);
 
+	return error;
 out_file_init:
 	dqopt->files[type] = NULL;
 	iput(inode);