diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/super.c b/fs/reiserfs/super.c
index de5eda33c92a0fd520f4d64265f61e22d51c695c..ec5716dd58c235541638f9e042b3ca3155cbb41a 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/super.c
@@ -1264,6 +1264,10 @@ static int reiserfs_parse_options(struct super_block *s,
 						 "turned on.");
 				return 0;
 			}
+			if (qf_names[qtype] !=
+			    REISERFS_SB(s)->s_qf_names[qtype])
+				kfree(qf_names[qtype]);
+			qf_names[qtype] = NULL;
 			if (*arg) {	/* Some filename specified? */
 				if (REISERFS_SB(s)->s_qf_names[qtype]
 				    && strcmp(REISERFS_SB(s)->s_qf_names[qtype],
@@ -1293,10 +1297,6 @@ static int reiserfs_parse_options(struct super_block *s,
 				else
 					*mount_options |= 1 << REISERFS_GRPQUOTA;
 			} else {
-				if (qf_names[qtype] !=
-				    REISERFS_SB(s)->s_qf_names[qtype])
-					kfree(qf_names[qtype]);
-				qf_names[qtype] = NULL;
 				if (qtype == USRQUOTA)
 					*mount_options &= ~(1 << REISERFS_USRQUOTA);
 				else