diff --git a/fs/f2fs/inode.c b/fs/f2fs/inode.c
index a33d7a849b2d..d1998ddf14fd 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/inode.c
@@ -693,7 +693,8 @@ 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: