diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/super.c b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
index fb4104cb1c5b..052abfa31d38 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
@@ -955,8 +955,10 @@ static void ocfs2_disable_quotas(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
 	for (type = 0; type < OCFS2_MAXQUOTAS; type++) {
 		if (!sb_has_quota_loaded(sb, type))
 			continue;
-		oinfo = sb_dqinfo(sb, type)->dqi_priv;
-		cancel_delayed_work_sync(&oinfo->dqi_sync_work);
+		if (!sb_has_quota_suspended(sb, type)) {
+			oinfo = sb_dqinfo(sb, type)->dqi_priv;
+			cancel_delayed_work_sync(&oinfo->dqi_sync_work);
+		}
 		inode = igrab(sb->s_dquot.files[type]);
 		/* Turn off quotas. This will remove all dquot structures from
 		 * memory and so they will be automatically synced to global