diff --git a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
index 0b3e2486f988..0edee31913d1 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
@@ -380,7 +380,9 @@ static int ext4_ioctl_setproject(struct file *filp, __u32 projid)
 		brelse(iloc.bh);
 	}
 
-	dquot_initialize(inode);
+	err = dquot_initialize(inode);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
 
 	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_QUOTA,
 		EXT4_QUOTA_INIT_BLOCKS(sb) +