diff --git a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
index 15ca15cb9f28..4bc35e6a5cc0 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
@@ -347,7 +347,9 @@ static int ext4_ioctl_setproject(struct file *filp, __u32 projid)
 	}
 	brelse(iloc.bh);
 
-	dquot_initialize(inode);
+	err = dquot_initialize(inode);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
 
 	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_QUOTA,
 		EXT4_QUOTA_INIT_BLOCKS(sb) +