diff --git a/fs/f2fs/super.c b/fs/f2fs/super.c
index 78ee14f6e939..ccfb6c5a8fbc 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/super.c
@@ -2292,7 +2292,8 @@ int f2fs_quota_sync(struct super_block *sb, int type)
 		if (!sb_has_quota_active(sb, cnt))
 			continue;
 
-		inode_lock(dqopt->files[cnt]);
+		if (!f2fs_sb_has_quota_ino(sbi))
+			inode_lock(dqopt->files[cnt]);
 
 		/*
 		 * do_quotactl
@@ -2311,7 +2312,8 @@ int f2fs_quota_sync(struct super_block *sb, int type)
 		up_read(&sbi->quota_sem);
 		f2fs_unlock_op(sbi);
 
-		inode_unlock(dqopt->files[cnt]);
+		if (!f2fs_sb_has_quota_ino(sbi))
+			inode_unlock(dqopt->files[cnt]);
 
 		if (ret)
 			break;