diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_dquot.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_dquot.c
index 1a2aa173ef21357fc935f268d303f8508fbf72e5..b4ff40b5f918f2462ed1482d1b8f3446bc0a18d0 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_dquot.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_dquot.c
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ xfs_qm_dqtobp(
  *
  * If XFS_QMOPT_DQALLOC is set, allocate a dquot on disk if it needed.
  */
-STATIC int
+int
 xfs_qm_dqread(
 	struct xfs_mount	*mp,
 	xfs_dqid_t		id,
@@ -804,32 +804,17 @@ xfs_qm_dqget(
 	mutex_unlock(&h->qh_lock);
 
 	error = xfs_qm_dqread(mp, id, type, flags, &dqp);
-	if (error) {
-		if (ip)
-			xfs_ilock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
-		return error;
-	}
 
-	/*
-	 * See if this is mount code calling to look at the overall quota limits
-	 * which are stored in the id == 0 user or group's dquot.
-	 * Since we may not have done a quotacheck by this point, just return
-	 * the dquot without attaching it to any hashtables, lists, etc, or even
-	 * taking a reference.
-	 * The caller must dqdestroy this once done.
-	 */
-	if (flags & XFS_QMOPT_DQSUSER) {
-		ASSERT(id == 0);
-		ASSERT(! ip);
-		goto dqret;
-	}
+	if (ip)
+		xfs_ilock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
+
+	if (error)
+		return error;
 
 	/*
 	 * Dquot lock comes after hashlock in the lock ordering
 	 */
 	if (ip) {
-		xfs_ilock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
-
 		/*
 		 * A dquot could be attached to this inode by now, since
 		 * we had dropped the ilock.
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_dquot.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_dquot.h
index cc0149d217baed7ab853596a2d918b1b89988f82..a1d91d8f18027b9e217f07ff8769d9d4a21fe2a1 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_dquot.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_dquot.h
@@ -129,6 +129,8 @@ static inline void xfs_dqunlock_nonotify(struct xfs_dquot *dqp)
 				     (XFS_IS_UQUOTA_ON((d)->q_mount)) : \
 				     (XFS_IS_OQUOTA_ON((d)->q_mount))))
 
+extern int		xfs_qm_dqread(struct xfs_mount *, xfs_dqid_t, uint,
+					uint, struct xfs_dquot	**);
 extern void		xfs_qm_dqdestroy(xfs_dquot_t *);
 extern int		xfs_qm_dqflush(xfs_dquot_t *, uint);
 extern void		xfs_qm_dqpurge(xfs_dquot_t *);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_qm.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_qm.c
index cd7460ba4e697e4e81bcf7f6f0edbcbc6d4d825b..b8df0bda5a54d17036881b96a332ff9101c5ef10 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_qm.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_qm.c
@@ -858,18 +858,21 @@ xfs_qm_init_quotainfo(
 	/*
 	 * We try to get the limits from the superuser's limits fields.
 	 * This is quite hacky, but it is standard quota practice.
+	 *
 	 * We look at the USR dquot with id == 0 first, but if user quotas
 	 * are not enabled we goto the GRP dquot with id == 0.
 	 * We don't really care to keep separate default limits for user
 	 * and group quotas, at least not at this point.
+	 *
+	 * Since we may not have done a quotacheck by this point, just read
+	 * the dquot without attaching it to any hashtables or lists.
 	 */
-	error = xfs_qm_dqget(mp, NULL, (xfs_dqid_t)0,
-			     XFS_IS_UQUOTA_RUNNING(mp) ? XFS_DQ_USER : 
-			     (XFS_IS_GQUOTA_RUNNING(mp) ? XFS_DQ_GROUP :
-				XFS_DQ_PROJ),
-			     XFS_QMOPT_DQSUSER|XFS_QMOPT_DOWARN,
-			     &dqp);
-	if (! error) {
+	error = xfs_qm_dqread(mp, 0,
+			XFS_IS_UQUOTA_RUNNING(mp) ? XFS_DQ_USER :
+			 (XFS_IS_GQUOTA_RUNNING(mp) ? XFS_DQ_GROUP :
+			  XFS_DQ_PROJ),
+			XFS_QMOPT_DOWARN, &dqp);
+	if (!error) {
 		xfs_disk_dquot_t	*ddqp = &dqp->q_core;
 
 		/*
@@ -896,11 +899,6 @@ xfs_qm_init_quotainfo(
 		qinf->qi_rtbhardlimit = be64_to_cpu(ddqp->d_rtb_hardlimit);
 		qinf->qi_rtbsoftlimit = be64_to_cpu(ddqp->d_rtb_softlimit);
  
-		/*
-		 * We sent the XFS_QMOPT_DQSUSER flag to dqget because
-		 * we don't want this dquot cached. We haven't done a
-		 * quotacheck yet, and quotacheck doesn't like incore dquots.
-		 */
 		xfs_qm_dqdestroy(dqp);
 	} else {
 		qinf->qi_btimelimit = XFS_QM_BTIMELIMIT;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_quota.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_quota.h
index b86c62f5eeba32af65ec2cc7c0af4ef1af1653a7..8a0807e0f979eff06d930c39cdd11b3e03b2fcc4 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_quota.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_quota.h
@@ -197,7 +197,6 @@ typedef struct xfs_qoff_logformat {
 #define XFS_QMOPT_UQUOTA	0x0000004 /* user dquot requested */
 #define XFS_QMOPT_PQUOTA	0x0000008 /* project dquot requested */
 #define XFS_QMOPT_FORCE_RES	0x0000010 /* ignore quota limits */
-#define XFS_QMOPT_DQSUSER	0x0000020 /* don't cache super users dquot */
 #define XFS_QMOPT_SBVERSION	0x0000040 /* change superblock version num */
 #define XFS_QMOPT_DOWARN        0x0000400 /* increase warning cnt if needed */
 #define XFS_QMOPT_DQREPAIR	0x0001000 /* repair dquot if damaged */