diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 75177eb498ed..67d9e3ce47e9 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -5425,9 +5425,9 @@ static int ext4_quota_enable(struct super_block *sb, int type, int format_id,
 	qf_inode->i_flags |= S_NOQUOTA;
 	lockdep_set_quota_inode(qf_inode, I_DATA_SEM_QUOTA);
 	err = dquot_enable(qf_inode, type, format_id, flags);
-	iput(qf_inode);
 	if (err)
 		lockdep_set_quota_inode(qf_inode, I_DATA_SEM_NORMAL);
+	iput(qf_inode);
 
 	return err;
 }