diff --git a/src/import/import-fs.c b/src/import/import-fs.c
index a36ab24fb8e..1fe5a257dbd 100644
--- a/src/import/import-fs.c
+++ b/src/import/import-fs.c
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ static int import_fs(int argc, char *argv[], void *userdata) {
         if (r < 0)
                 goto finish;
 
+        (void) import_assign_pool_quota_and_warn(arg_image_root);
         (void) import_assign_pool_quota_and_warn(temp_path);
 
         if (arg_read_only) {
diff --git a/src/import/import-tar.c b/src/import/import-tar.c
index cc86bebb0e9..6baa2f43abf 100644
--- a/src/import/import-tar.c
+++ b/src/import/import-tar.c
@@ -222,8 +222,10 @@ static int tar_import_fork_tar(TarImport *i) {
         r = btrfs_subvol_make_fallback(i->temp_path, 0755);
         if (r < 0)
                 return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to create directory/subvolume %s: %m", i->temp_path);
-        if (r > 0) /* actually btrfs subvol */
+        if (r > 0) { /* actually btrfs subvol */
+                (void) import_assign_pool_quota_and_warn(i->image_root);
                 (void) import_assign_pool_quota_and_warn(i->temp_path);
+        }
 
         i->tar_fd = import_fork_tar_x(i->temp_path, &i->tar_pid);
         if (i->tar_fd < 0)
diff --git a/src/import/pull-tar.c b/src/import/pull-tar.c
index b52569d20c5..90f439f998d 100644
--- a/src/import/pull-tar.c
+++ b/src/import/pull-tar.c
@@ -424,8 +424,10 @@ static int tar_pull_job_on_open_disk_tar(PullJob *j) {
         r = btrfs_subvol_make_fallback(i->temp_path, 0755);
         if (r < 0)
                 return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to create directory/subvolume %s: %m", i->temp_path);
-        if (r > 0) /* actually btrfs subvol */
+        if (r > 0) { /* actually btrfs subvol */
+                (void) import_assign_pool_quota_and_warn(i->image_root);
                 (void) import_assign_pool_quota_and_warn(i->temp_path);
+        }
 
         j->disk_fd = import_fork_tar_x(i->temp_path, &i->tar_pid);
         if (j->disk_fd < 0)
diff --git a/src/shared/import-util.c b/src/shared/import-util.c
index 298c066dffd..2a30e40686f 100644
--- a/src/shared/import-util.c
+++ b/src/shared/import-util.c
@@ -143,15 +143,7 @@ int raw_strip_suffixes(const char *p, char **ret) {
 int import_assign_pool_quota_and_warn(const char *path) {
         int r;
 
-        r = btrfs_subvol_auto_qgroup("/var/lib/machines", 0, true);
-        if (r == -ENOTTY)  {
-                log_debug_errno(r, "Failed to set up default quota hierarchy for /var/lib/machines, as directory is not on btrfs or not a subvolume. Ignoring.");
-                return 0;
-        }
-        if (r < 0)
-                return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to set up default quota hierarchy for /var/lib/machines: %m");
-        if (r > 0)
-                log_info("Set up default quota hierarchy for /var/lib/machines.");
+        assert(path);
 
         r = btrfs_subvol_auto_qgroup(path, 0, true);
         if (r == -ENOTTY) {