diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_qm.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_qm.c
index 7dc0db7f5a76..6abcc34fafd8 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_qm.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_qm.c
@@ -1321,15 +1321,14 @@ xfs_qm_quotacheck(
 
 	error = xfs_iwalk_threaded(mp, 0, 0, xfs_qm_dqusage_adjust, 0, true,
 			NULL);
-	if (error) {
-		/*
-		 * The inode walk may have partially populated the dquot
-		 * caches.  We must purge them before disabling quota and
-		 * tearing down the quotainfo, or else the dquots will leak.
-		 */
-		xfs_qm_dqpurge_all(mp);
-		goto error_return;
-	}
+
+	/*
+	 * On error, the inode walk may have partially populated the dquot
+	 * caches.  We must purge them before disabling quota and tearing down
+	 * the quotainfo, or else the dquots will leak.
+	 */
+	if (error)
+		goto error_purge;
 
 	/*
 	 * We've made all the changes that we need to make incore.  Flush them
@@ -1363,10 +1362,8 @@ xfs_qm_quotacheck(
 	 * and turn quotaoff. The dquots won't be attached to any of the inodes
 	 * at this point (because we intentionally didn't in dqget_noattach).
 	 */
-	if (error) {
-		xfs_qm_dqpurge_all(mp);
-		goto error_return;
-	}
+	if (error)
+		goto error_purge;
 
 	/*
 	 * If one type of quotas is off, then it will lose its
@@ -1376,7 +1373,7 @@ xfs_qm_quotacheck(
 	mp->m_qflags &= ~XFS_ALL_QUOTA_CHKD;
 	mp->m_qflags |= flags;
 
- error_return:
+error_return:
 	xfs_buf_delwri_cancel(&buffer_list);
 
 	if (error) {
@@ -1395,6 +1392,21 @@ xfs_qm_quotacheck(
 	} else
 		xfs_notice(mp, "Quotacheck: Done.");
 	return error;
+
+error_purge:
+	/*
+	 * On error, we may have inodes queued for inactivation. This may try
+	 * to attach dquots to the inode before running cleanup operations on
+	 * the inode and this can race with the xfs_qm_destroy_quotainfo() call
+	 * below that frees mp->m_quotainfo. To avoid this race, flush all the
+	 * pending inodegc operations before we purge the dquots from memory,
+	 * ensuring that background inactivation is idle whilst we turn off
+	 * quotas.
+	 */
+	xfs_inodegc_flush(mp);
+	xfs_qm_dqpurge_all(mp);
+	goto error_return;
+
 }
 
 /*