diff --git a/fs/quota/dquot.c b/fs/quota/dquot.c
index 84f61ab058906..1d652af48f0b1 100644
--- a/fs/quota/dquot.c
+++ b/fs/quota/dquot.c
@@ -2311,6 +2311,8 @@ static int vfs_setup_quota_inode(struct inode *inode, int type)
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
 	struct quota_info *dqopt = sb_dqopt(sb);
 
+	if (is_bad_inode(inode))
+		return -EUCLEAN;
 	if (!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
 		return -EACCES;
 	if (IS_RDONLY(inode))