diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_dquot.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_dquot.c
index 43572f8a1b8e4ac460e68051abbb540a7f38149b..2410acc900f0e6571241d31e8f84eecf75202c44 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_dquot.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_dquot.c
@@ -394,8 +394,6 @@ xfs_qm_dqalloc(
 error1:
 	xfs_defer_cancel(&dfops);
 error0:
-	xfs_iunlock(quotip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
-
 	return error;
 }