diff --git a/fs/quota/dquot.c b/fs/quota/dquot.c
index 0fed41e6efcda6e993d83fe9bbb6da970ff4bd4b..84becd3e477257c7ab790bcb973b5e9accdd1e28 100644
--- a/fs/quota/dquot.c
+++ b/fs/quota/dquot.c
@@ -133,16 +133,20 @@ __cacheline_aligned_in_smp DEFINE_SPINLOCK(dq_data_lock);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dq_data_lock);
 
 void __quota_error(struct super_block *sb, const char *func,
-		  const char *fmt, ...)
+		   const char *fmt, ...)
 {
-	va_list args;
-
 	if (printk_ratelimit()) {
+		va_list args;
+		struct va_format vaf;
+
 		va_start(args, fmt);
-		printk(KERN_ERR "Quota error (device %s): %s: ",
-		       sb->s_id, func);
-		vprintk(fmt, args);
-		printk("\n");
+
+		vaf.fmt = fmt;
+		vaf.va = &args;
+
+		printk(KERN_ERR "Quota error (device %s): %s: %pV\n",
+		       sb->s_id, func, &vaf);
+
 		va_end(args);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/fs/quota/quota_tree.c b/fs/quota/quota_tree.c
index 9e48874eabcc2008f5455d9dde3d51cfc861f33a..e41c1becf09607f55382f23908918df8040be57e 100644
--- a/fs/quota/quota_tree.c
+++ b/fs/quota/quota_tree.c
@@ -468,8 +468,8 @@ static int remove_tree(struct qtree_mem_dqinfo *info, struct dquot *dquot,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	ret = read_blk(info, *blk, buf);
 	if (ret < 0) {
-		quota_error(dquot->dq_sb, "Can't read quota data "
-			    "block %u", blk);
+		quota_error(dquot->dq_sb, "Can't read quota data block %u",
+			    *blk);
 		goto out_buf;
 	}
 	newblk = le32_to_cpu(ref[get_index(info, dquot->dq_id, depth)]);
@@ -493,8 +493,9 @@ static int remove_tree(struct qtree_mem_dqinfo *info, struct dquot *dquot,
 		} else {
 			ret = write_blk(info, *blk, buf);
 			if (ret < 0)
-				quota_error(dquot->dq_sb, "Can't write quota "
-					    "tree block %u", blk);
+				quota_error(dquot->dq_sb,
+					    "Can't write quota tree block %u",
+					    *blk);
 		}
 	}
 out_buf:
diff --git a/include/linux/quotaops.h b/include/linux/quotaops.h
index d1a9193960f17601d4637bfae03f3c9a3ac5bc83..223b14cd129cfc324b9e9bdcdb4b609666bb639d 100644
--- a/include/linux/quotaops.h
+++ b/include/linux/quotaops.h
@@ -31,8 +31,9 @@ static inline bool is_quota_modification(struct inode *inode, struct iattr *ia)
 #define quota_error(sb, fmt, args...) \
 	__quota_error((sb), __func__, fmt , ## args)
 
-extern void __quota_error(struct super_block *sb, const char *func,
-			 const char *fmt, ...);
+extern __attribute__((format (printf, 3, 4)))
+void __quota_error(struct super_block *sb, const char *func,
+		   const char *fmt, ...);
 
 /*
  * declaration of quota_function calls in kernel.