diff --git a/fs/ext2/super.c b/fs/ext2/super.c
index 9f43879d6d68dd7dd859eb331b988c7f3e6fb754..f2702cda977981673264f96c33f8d974545d9694 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/super.c
@@ -1157,7 +1157,7 @@ static ssize_t ext2_quota_write(struct super_block *sb, int type,
 	struct buffer_head tmp_bh;
 	struct buffer_head *bh;
 
-	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
+	mutex_lock_nested(&inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_QUOTA);
 	while (towrite > 0) {
 		tocopy = sb->s_blocksize - offset < towrite ?
 				sb->s_blocksize - offset : towrite;
diff --git a/fs/ext3/super.c b/fs/ext3/super.c
index f2dd71336612472df0c574af403e4960280310c2..813d589cc6c0d4b736e0bffd36f012ef41343853 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/super.c
@@ -2614,7 +2614,7 @@ static ssize_t ext3_quota_write(struct super_block *sb, int type,
 	struct buffer_head *bh;
 	handle_t *handle = journal_current_handle();
 
-	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
+	mutex_lock_nested(&inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_QUOTA);
 	while (towrite > 0) {
 		tocopy = sb->s_blocksize - offset < towrite ?
 				sb->s_blocksize - offset : towrite;
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/super.c b/fs/reiserfs/super.c
index 28eb3c886034481e8093342d7c7225b125c27f5d..5567328f10415c85fbbe068672ed85a5f7ad0ead 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/super.c
@@ -2203,7 +2203,7 @@ static ssize_t reiserfs_quota_write(struct super_block *sb, int type,
 	size_t towrite = len;
 	struct buffer_head tmp_bh, *bh;
 
-	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
+	mutex_lock_nested(&inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_QUOTA);
 	while (towrite > 0) {
 		tocopy = sb->s_blocksize - offset < towrite ?
 		    sb->s_blocksize - offset : towrite;
diff --git a/fs/ufs/super.c b/fs/ufs/super.c
index 19a99726e58dd7fbaf00f2bb17bbe3a8764503fe..992ee0b87cc3f7835fa376c75733822d9ddfbdc6 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/super.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/super.c
@@ -1326,7 +1326,7 @@ static ssize_t ufs_quota_write(struct super_block *sb, int type,
 	size_t towrite = len;
 	struct buffer_head *bh;
 
-	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
+	mutex_lock_nested(&inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_QUOTA);
 	while (towrite > 0) {
 		tocopy = sb->s_blocksize - offset < towrite ?
 				sb->s_blocksize - offset : towrite;