diff --git a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
index 764ff4c56233f..564e2ceb84171 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
@@ -265,13 +265,8 @@ void ext4_free_inode(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode)
 	ext4_debug("freeing inode %lu\n", ino);
 	trace_ext4_free_inode(inode);
 
-	/*
-	 * Note: we must free any quota before locking the superblock,
-	 * as writing the quota to disk may need the lock as well.
-	 */
 	dquot_initialize(inode);
 	dquot_free_inode(inode);
-	dquot_drop(inode);
 
 	is_directory = S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode);
 
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 73578359d4516..98d37b8d00501 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -1172,9 +1172,9 @@ void ext4_clear_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	invalidate_inode_buffers(inode);
 	clear_inode(inode);
-	dquot_drop(inode);
 	ext4_discard_preallocations(inode);
 	ext4_es_remove_extent(inode, 0, EXT_MAX_BLOCKS);
+	dquot_drop(inode);
 	if (EXT4_I(inode)->jinode) {
 		jbd2_journal_release_jbd_inode(EXT4_JOURNAL(inode),
 					       EXT4_I(inode)->jinode);