diff --git a/fs/xfs/scrub/quota.c b/fs/xfs/scrub/quota.c
index d6c1b00a4fc8..3c7506c7553c 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/scrub/quota.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/scrub/quota.c
@@ -48,10 +48,10 @@ xchk_setup_quota(
 	dqtype = xchk_quota_to_dqtype(sc);
 	if (dqtype == 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
-	sc->flags |= XCHK_HAS_QUOTAOFFLOCK;
-	mutex_lock(&sc->mp->m_quotainfo->qi_quotaofflock);
+
 	if (!xfs_this_quota_on(sc->mp, dqtype))
 		return -ENOENT;
+
 	error = xchk_setup_fs(sc);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/scrub/repair.c b/fs/xfs/scrub/repair.c
index 8f3cba14ada3..1e7b6b209ee8 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/scrub/repair.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/scrub/repair.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "xfs_ag.h"
 #include "xfs_ag_resv.h"
 #include "xfs_quota.h"
+#include "xfs_qm.h"
 #include "scrub/scrub.h"
 #include "scrub/common.h"
 #include "scrub/trace.h"
@@ -912,11 +913,13 @@ xrep_force_quotacheck(
 	if (!(flag & sc->mp->m_qflags))
 		return;
 
+	mutex_lock(&sc->mp->m_quotainfo->qi_quotaofflock);
 	sc->mp->m_qflags &= ~flag;
 	spin_lock(&sc->mp->m_sb_lock);
 	sc->mp->m_sb.sb_qflags &= ~flag;
 	spin_unlock(&sc->mp->m_sb_lock);
 	xfs_log_sb(sc->tp);
+	mutex_unlock(&sc->mp->m_quotainfo->qi_quotaofflock);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/xfs/scrub/scrub.c b/fs/xfs/scrub/scrub.c
index 8d528d35b725..b11870d07c56 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/scrub/scrub.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/scrub/scrub.c
@@ -173,10 +173,6 @@ xchk_teardown(
 		mnt_drop_write_file(sc->file);
 	if (sc->flags & XCHK_REAPING_DISABLED)
 		xchk_start_reaping(sc);
-	if (sc->flags & XCHK_HAS_QUOTAOFFLOCK) {
-		mutex_unlock(&sc->mp->m_quotainfo->qi_quotaofflock);
-		sc->flags &= ~XCHK_HAS_QUOTAOFFLOCK;
-	}
 	if (sc->buf) {
 		kmem_free(sc->buf);
 		sc->buf = NULL;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/scrub/scrub.h b/fs/xfs/scrub/scrub.h
index 80e5026bba44..3de5287e98d8 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/scrub/scrub.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/scrub/scrub.h
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ struct xfs_scrub {
 
 /* XCHK state flags grow up from zero, XREP state flags grown down from 2^31 */
 #define XCHK_TRY_HARDER		(1 << 0)  /* can't get resources, try again */
-#define XCHK_HAS_QUOTAOFFLOCK	(1 << 1)  /* we hold the quotaoff lock */
 #define XCHK_REAPING_DISABLED	(1 << 2)  /* background block reaping paused */
 #define XREP_ALREADY_FIXED	(1 << 31) /* checking our repair work */
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_qm_syscalls.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_qm_syscalls.c
index 47fe60e1a887..7d5a31827681 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_qm_syscalls.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_qm_syscalls.c
@@ -302,13 +302,6 @@ xfs_qm_scall_setqlim(
 	if ((newlim->d_fieldmask & XFS_QC_MASK) == 0)
 		return 0;
 
-	/*
-	 * We don't want to race with a quotaoff so take the quotaoff lock.
-	 * We don't hold an inode lock, so there's nothing else to stop
-	 * a quotaoff from happening.
-	 */
-	mutex_lock(&q->qi_quotaofflock);
-
 	/*
 	 * Get the dquot (locked) before we start, as we need to do a
 	 * transaction to allocate it if it doesn't exist. Once we have the
@@ -319,7 +312,7 @@ xfs_qm_scall_setqlim(
 	error = xfs_qm_dqget(mp, id, type, true, &dqp);
 	if (error) {
 		ASSERT(error != -ENOENT);
-		goto out_unlock;
+		return error;
 	}
 
 	defq = xfs_get_defquota(q, xfs_dquot_type(dqp));
@@ -415,8 +408,6 @@ xfs_qm_scall_setqlim(
 
 out_rele:
 	xfs_qm_dqrele(dqp);
-out_unlock:
-	mutex_unlock(&q->qi_quotaofflock);
 	return error;
 }