diff --git a/fs/gfs2/quota.c b/fs/gfs2/quota.c
index db124af8998e..33e369f108b3 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/quota.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/quota.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * fuzziness in the current usage value of IDs that are being used on different
  * nodes in the cluster simultaneously.  So, it is possible for a user on
  * multiple nodes to overrun their quota, but that overrun is controlable.
- * Since quota tags are part of transactions, there is no need to a quota check
+ * Since quota tags are part of transactions, there is no need for a quota check
  * program to be run on node crashes or anything like that.
  *
  * There are couple of knobs that let the administrator manage the quota
@@ -66,13 +66,6 @@
 #define QUOTA_USER 1
 #define QUOTA_GROUP 0
 
-struct gfs2_quota_host {
-	u64 qu_limit;
-	u64 qu_warn;
-	s64 qu_value;
-	u32 qu_ll_next;
-};
-
 struct gfs2_quota_change_host {
 	u64 qc_change;
 	u32 qc_flags; /* GFS2_QCF_... */
@@ -618,33 +611,19 @@ static void do_qc(struct gfs2_quota_data *qd, s64 change)
 	mutex_unlock(&sdp->sd_quota_mutex);
 }
 
-static void gfs2_quota_in(struct gfs2_quota_host *qu, const void *buf)
-{
-	const struct gfs2_quota *str = buf;
-
-	qu->qu_limit = be64_to_cpu(str->qu_limit);
-	qu->qu_warn = be64_to_cpu(str->qu_warn);
-	qu->qu_value = be64_to_cpu(str->qu_value);
-	qu->qu_ll_next = be32_to_cpu(str->qu_ll_next);
-}
-
-static void gfs2_quota_out(const struct gfs2_quota_host *qu, void *buf)
-{
-	struct gfs2_quota *str = buf;
-
-	str->qu_limit = cpu_to_be64(qu->qu_limit);
-	str->qu_warn = cpu_to_be64(qu->qu_warn);
-	str->qu_value = cpu_to_be64(qu->qu_value);
-	str->qu_ll_next = cpu_to_be32(qu->qu_ll_next);
-	memset(&str->qu_reserved, 0, sizeof(str->qu_reserved));
-}
-
 /**
- * gfs2_adjust_quota
+ * gfs2_adjust_quota - adjust record of current block usage
+ * @ip: The quota inode
+ * @loc: Offset of the entry in the quota file
+ * @change: The amount of change to record
+ * @qd: The quota data
  *
  * This function was mostly borrowed from gfs2_block_truncate_page which was
  * in turn mostly borrowed from ext3
+ *
+ * Returns: 0 or -ve on error
  */
+
 static int gfs2_adjust_quota(struct gfs2_inode *ip, loff_t loc,
 			     s64 change, struct gfs2_quota_data *qd)
 {
@@ -656,8 +635,7 @@ static int gfs2_adjust_quota(struct gfs2_inode *ip, loff_t loc,
 	struct buffer_head *bh;
 	struct page *page;
 	void *kaddr;
-	char *ptr;
-	struct gfs2_quota_host qp;
+	struct gfs2_quota *qp;
 	s64 value;
 	int err = -EIO;
 
@@ -701,18 +679,13 @@ static int gfs2_adjust_quota(struct gfs2_inode *ip, loff_t loc,
 	gfs2_trans_add_bh(ip->i_gl, bh, 0);
 
 	kaddr = kmap_atomic(page, KM_USER0);
-	ptr = kaddr + offset;
-	gfs2_quota_in(&qp, ptr);
-	qp.qu_value += change;
-	value = qp.qu_value;
-	gfs2_quota_out(&qp, ptr);
+	qp = kaddr + offset;
+	value = (s64)be64_to_cpu(qp->qu_value) + change;
+	qp->qu_value = cpu_to_be64(value);
+	qd->qd_qb.qb_value = qp->qu_value;
 	flush_dcache_page(page);
 	kunmap_atomic(kaddr, KM_USER0);
 	err = 0;
-	qd->qd_qb.qb_magic = cpu_to_be32(GFS2_MAGIC);
-	qd->qd_qb.qb_value = cpu_to_be64(value);
-	((struct gfs2_quota_lvb*)(qd->qd_gl->gl_lvb))->qb_magic = cpu_to_be32(GFS2_MAGIC);
-	((struct gfs2_quota_lvb*)(qd->qd_gl->gl_lvb))->qb_value = cpu_to_be64(value);
 unlock:
 	unlock_page(page);
 	page_cache_release(page);
@@ -741,8 +714,7 @@ static int do_sync(unsigned int num_qd, struct gfs2_quota_data **qda)
 
 	sort(qda, num_qd, sizeof(struct gfs2_quota_data *), sort_qd, NULL);
 	for (qx = 0; qx < num_qd; qx++) {
-		error = gfs2_glock_nq_init(qda[qx]->qd_gl,
-					   LM_ST_EXCLUSIVE,
+		error = gfs2_glock_nq_init(qda[qx]->qd_gl, LM_ST_EXCLUSIVE,
 					   GL_NOCACHE, &ghs[qx]);
 		if (error)
 			goto out;
@@ -797,8 +769,7 @@ static int do_sync(unsigned int num_qd, struct gfs2_quota_data **qda)
 		qd = qda[x];
 		offset = qd2offset(qd);
 		error = gfs2_adjust_quota(ip, offset, qd->qd_change_sync,
-					  (struct gfs2_quota_data *)
-					  qd);
+					  (struct gfs2_quota_data *)qd);
 		if (error)
 			goto out_end_trans;
 
@@ -829,8 +800,7 @@ static int do_glock(struct gfs2_quota_data *qd, int force_refresh,
 	struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = qd->qd_gl->gl_sbd;
 	struct gfs2_inode *ip = GFS2_I(sdp->sd_quota_inode);
 	struct gfs2_holder i_gh;
-	struct gfs2_quota_host q;
-	char buf[sizeof(struct gfs2_quota)];
+	struct gfs2_quota q;
 	int error;
 	struct gfs2_quota_lvb *qlvb;
 
@@ -853,22 +823,23 @@ restart:
 		if (error)
 			goto fail;
 
-		memset(buf, 0, sizeof(struct gfs2_quota));
+		memset(&q, 0, sizeof(struct gfs2_quota));
 		pos = qd2offset(qd);
-		error = gfs2_internal_read(ip, NULL, buf, &pos,
-					   sizeof(struct gfs2_quota));
+		error = gfs2_internal_read(ip, NULL, (char *)&q, &pos, sizeof(q));
 		if (error < 0)
 			goto fail_gunlock;
-
+		if ((error < sizeof(q)) && force_refresh) {
+			error = -ENOENT;
+			goto fail_gunlock;
+		}
 		gfs2_glock_dq_uninit(&i_gh);
 
-		gfs2_quota_in(&q, buf);
 		qlvb = (struct gfs2_quota_lvb *)qd->qd_gl->gl_lvb;
 		qlvb->qb_magic = cpu_to_be32(GFS2_MAGIC);
 		qlvb->__pad = 0;
-		qlvb->qb_limit = cpu_to_be64(q.qu_limit);
-		qlvb->qb_warn = cpu_to_be64(q.qu_warn);
-		qlvb->qb_value = cpu_to_be64(q.qu_value);
+		qlvb->qb_limit = q.qu_limit;
+		qlvb->qb_warn = q.qu_warn;
+		qlvb->qb_value = q.qu_value;
 		qd->qd_qb = *qlvb;
 
 		gfs2_glock_dq_uninit(q_gh);
@@ -1126,7 +1097,6 @@ int gfs2_quota_refresh(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, int user, u32 id)
 		gfs2_glock_dq_uninit(&q_gh);
 
 	qd_put(qd);
-
 	return error;
 }