diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c
index c0cf8c7c6449a2c506669427d2ef9ce0a4b142fc..958102d6441d838361ee151c35e50b296b4f5578 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c
@@ -1091,7 +1091,7 @@ xfs_reclaim_inode(
 	 * unlocked after the lookup before we go ahead and free it.
 	 */
 	xfs_ilock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
-	xfs_qm_dqdetach(ip);
+	ASSERT(!ip->i_udquot && !ip->i_gdquot && !ip->i_pdquot);
 	xfs_iunlock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
 	ASSERT(xfs_inode_clean(ip));
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
index 11114f48032e0eefe40fed0d49e880f0a4a05ce5..4b7228e2e39e49872021089c11b4a9ad74ec0cb5 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
@@ -1803,7 +1803,7 @@ xfs_inactive(
 	 */
 	if (VFS_I(ip)->i_mode == 0) {
 		ASSERT(ip->i_df.if_broot_bytes == 0);
-		return;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
 	mp = ip->i_mount;
@@ -1811,11 +1811,11 @@ xfs_inactive(
 
 	/* If this is a read-only mount, don't do this (would generate I/O) */
 	if (mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_RDONLY)
-		return;
+		goto out;
 
 	/* Metadata inodes require explicit resource cleanup. */
 	if (xfs_is_metadata_inode(ip))
-		return;
+		goto out;
 
 	/* Try to clean out the cow blocks if there are any. */
 	if (xfs_inode_has_cow_data(ip))
@@ -1834,7 +1834,7 @@ xfs_inactive(
 		if (xfs_can_free_eofblocks(ip, true))
 			xfs_free_eofblocks(ip);
 
-		return;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
 	if (S_ISREG(VFS_I(ip)->i_mode) &&
@@ -1844,14 +1844,14 @@ xfs_inactive(
 
 	error = xfs_qm_dqattach(ip);
 	if (error)
-		return;
+		goto out;
 
 	if (S_ISLNK(VFS_I(ip)->i_mode))
 		error = xfs_inactive_symlink(ip);
 	else if (truncate)
 		error = xfs_inactive_truncate(ip);
 	if (error)
-		return;
+		goto out;
 
 	/*
 	 * If there are attributes associated with the file then blow them away
@@ -1861,7 +1861,7 @@ xfs_inactive(
 	if (XFS_IFORK_Q(ip)) {
 		error = xfs_attr_inactive(ip);
 		if (error)
-			return;
+			goto out;
 	}
 
 	ASSERT(!ip->i_afp);
@@ -1870,12 +1870,12 @@ xfs_inactive(
 	/*
 	 * Free the inode.
 	 */
-	error = xfs_inactive_ifree(ip);
-	if (error)
-		return;
+	xfs_inactive_ifree(ip);
 
+out:
 	/*
-	 * Release the dquots held by inode, if any.
+	 * We're done making metadata updates for this inode, so we can release
+	 * the attached dquots.
 	 */
 	xfs_qm_dqdetach(ip);
 }