diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr.c
index 3c36e998b0c43498e909dc078befc184ff05e967..1e29fc115034b4d91ba42fc0dfaa93e80a2214a2 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr.c
@@ -453,19 +453,11 @@ xfs_attr_set(
 	 * Root fork attributes can use reserved data blocks for this
 	 * operation if necessary
 	 */
-	error = xfs_trans_alloc(mp, &tres, total, 0,
-			rsvd ? XFS_TRANS_RESERVE : 0, &args->trans);
+	error = xfs_trans_alloc_inode(dp, &tres, total, rsvd, &args->trans);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
-	xfs_ilock(dp, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
-	xfs_trans_ijoin(args->trans, dp, 0);
 	if (args->value) {
-		error = xfs_trans_reserve_quota_nblks(args->trans, dp,
-				args->total, 0, rsvd);
-		if (error)
-			goto out_trans_cancel;
-
 		error = xfs_has_attr(args);
 		if (error == -EEXIST && (args->attr_flags & XATTR_CREATE))
 			goto out_trans_cancel;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
index 9d51787933c62817180bcd98f908541156072fb9..84bb3813afd79b14d8825f4a25f5b23465813b5b 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
@@ -1078,19 +1078,13 @@ xfs_bmap_add_attrfork(
 
 	blks = XFS_ADDAFORK_SPACE_RES(mp);
 
-	error = xfs_trans_alloc(mp, &M_RES(mp)->tr_addafork, blks, 0,
-			rsvd ? XFS_TRANS_RESERVE : 0, &tp);
+	error = xfs_trans_alloc_inode(ip, &M_RES(mp)->tr_addafork, blks,
+			rsvd, &tp);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
-
-	xfs_ilock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
-	error = xfs_trans_reserve_quota_nblks(tp, ip, blks, 0, rsvd);
-	if (error)
-		goto trans_cancel;
 	if (XFS_IFORK_Q(ip))
 		goto trans_cancel;
 
-	xfs_trans_ijoin(tp, ip, 0);
 	xfs_trans_log_inode(tp, ip, XFS_ILOG_CORE);
 	error = xfs_bmap_set_attrforkoff(ip, size, &version);
 	if (error)
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_util.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_util.c
index dceca50d7536326763e35f09aab7cab0a89ed707..323791539b2fa5107a582f7c70ff0db9f7c5a567 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_util.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_util.c
@@ -868,18 +868,10 @@ xfs_unmap_extent(
 	uint			resblks = XFS_DIOSTRAT_SPACE_RES(mp, 0);
 	int			error;
 
-	error = xfs_trans_alloc(mp, &M_RES(mp)->tr_write, resblks, 0, 0, &tp);
-	if (error) {
-		ASSERT(error == -ENOSPC || XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(mp));
-		return error;
-	}
-
-	xfs_ilock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
-	error = xfs_trans_reserve_quota_nblks(tp, ip, resblks, 0, false);
+	error = xfs_trans_alloc_inode(ip, &M_RES(mp)->tr_write, resblks,
+			false, &tp);
 	if (error)
-		goto out_trans_cancel;
-
-	xfs_trans_ijoin(tp, ip, 0);
+		return error;
 
 	error = xfs_bunmapi(tp, ip, startoffset_fsb, len_fsb, 0, 2, done);
 	if (error)
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c
index 700ddc45545ce119893ba323962782c818c6b79f..5a87c5372db08e0cf60c0b08da5351df2924b385 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c
@@ -547,17 +547,11 @@ xfs_iomap_write_unwritten(
 		 * here as we might be asked to write out the same inode that we
 		 * complete here and might deadlock on the iolock.
 		 */
-		error = xfs_trans_alloc(mp, &M_RES(mp)->tr_write, resblks, 0,
-				XFS_TRANS_RESERVE, &tp);
+		error = xfs_trans_alloc_inode(ip, &M_RES(mp)->tr_write, resblks,
+				true, &tp);
 		if (error)
 			return error;
 
-		xfs_ilock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
-		xfs_trans_ijoin(tp, ip, 0);
-
-		error = xfs_trans_reserve_quota_nblks(tp, ip, resblks, 0, true);
-		if (error)
-			goto error_on_bmapi_transaction;
 
 		/*
 		 * Modify the unwritten extent state of the buffer.
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c
index c19807abbefaa520c1ddb5535ec09e4dc8913236..a36b2c133f93827015b8ab7c0a5f523e99d7cbc7 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include "xfs_trace.h"
 #include "xfs_error.h"
 #include "xfs_defer.h"
+#include "xfs_inode.h"
 
 kmem_zone_t	*xfs_trans_zone;
 
@@ -1020,3 +1021,50 @@ xfs_trans_roll(
 	tres.tr_logflags = XFS_TRANS_PERM_LOG_RES;
 	return xfs_trans_reserve(*tpp, &tres, 0, 0);
 }
+
+/*
+ * Allocate an transaction, lock and join the inode to it, and reserve quota.
+ *
+ * The caller must ensure that the on-disk dquots attached to this inode have
+ * already been allocated and initialized.  The caller is responsible for
+ * releasing ILOCK_EXCL if a new transaction is returned.
+ */
+int
+xfs_trans_alloc_inode(
+	struct xfs_inode	*ip,
+	struct xfs_trans_res	*resv,
+	unsigned int		dblocks,
+	bool			force,
+	struct xfs_trans	**tpp)
+{
+	struct xfs_trans	*tp;
+	struct xfs_mount	*mp = ip->i_mount;
+	int			error;
+
+	error = xfs_trans_alloc(mp, resv, dblocks, 0,
+			force ? XFS_TRANS_RESERVE : 0, &tp);
+	if (error)
+		return error;
+
+	xfs_ilock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
+	xfs_trans_ijoin(tp, ip, 0);
+
+	error = xfs_qm_dqattach_locked(ip, false);
+	if (error) {
+		/* Caller should have allocated the dquots! */
+		ASSERT(error != -ENOENT);
+		goto out_cancel;
+	}
+
+	error = xfs_trans_reserve_quota_nblks(tp, ip, dblocks, 0, force);
+	if (error)
+		goto out_cancel;
+
+	*tpp = tp;
+	return 0;
+
+out_cancel:
+	xfs_trans_cancel(tp);
+	xfs_iunlock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
+	return error;
+}
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.h
index f4159326411a5235d942508680dfdd3a847ad757..920df48561df1277c5ecd2f3380de791e2f1dc9e 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.h
@@ -253,4 +253,7 @@ xfs_trans_item_relog(
 	return lip->li_ops->iop_relog(lip, tp);
 }
 
+int xfs_trans_alloc_inode(struct xfs_inode *ip, struct xfs_trans_res *resv,
+		unsigned int dblocks, bool force, struct xfs_trans **tpp);
+
 #endif	/* __XFS_TRANS_H__ */