diff --git a/fs/f2fs/inode.c b/fs/f2fs/inode.c
index 06da75d418e0..3cbb9384263e 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/inode.c
@@ -695,7 +695,8 @@ retry:
 
 	if (err) {
 		f2fs_update_inode_page(inode);
-		set_sbi_flag(sbi, SBI_QUOTA_NEED_REPAIR);
+		if (dquot_initialize_needed(inode))
+			set_sbi_flag(sbi, SBI_QUOTA_NEED_REPAIR);
 	}
 	sb_end_intwrite(inode->i_sb);
 no_delete: