diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 8694be513241..d75aa45a846d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -5792,11 +5792,11 @@ static int ext4_remount(struct super_block *sb, int *flags, char *data)
 	struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(sb);
 	unsigned long old_sb_flags, vfs_flags;
 	struct ext4_mount_options old_opts;
-	int enable_quota = 0;
 	ext4_group_t g;
 	unsigned int journal_ioprio = DEFAULT_JOURNAL_IOPRIO;
 	int err = 0;
 #ifdef CONFIG_QUOTA
+	int enable_quota = 0;
 	int i, j;
 	char *to_free[EXT4_MAXQUOTAS];
 #endif
@@ -5994,7 +5994,9 @@ static int ext4_remount(struct super_block *sb, int *flags, char *data)
 					err = -EROFS;
 					goto restore_opts;
 				}
+#ifdef CONFIG_QUOTA
 			enable_quota = 1;
+#endif
 		}
 	}