diff --git a/fs/quota/quota.c b/fs/quota/quota.c
index b7f5a468f076d92bd6c6cc59cd955efba60e99b3..95c5b42384b29367aab4483872eaa66e06bfcd68 100644
--- a/fs/quota/quota.c
+++ b/fs/quota/quota.c
@@ -159,10 +159,14 @@ static int check_quotactl_valid(struct super_block *sb, int type, int cmd,
 	return error;
 }
 
-static void quota_sync_sb(struct super_block *sb, int type)
+#ifdef CONFIG_QUOTA
+void sync_quota_sb(struct super_block *sb, int type)
 {
 	int cnt;
 
+	if (!sb->s_qcop->quota_sync)
+		return;
+
 	sb->s_qcop->quota_sync(sb, type);
 
 	if (sb_dqopt(sb)->flags & DQUOT_QUOTA_SYS_FILE)
@@ -191,17 +195,13 @@ static void quota_sync_sb(struct super_block *sb, int type)
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&sb_dqopt(sb)->dqonoff_mutex);
 }
+#endif
 
-void sync_dquots(struct super_block *sb, int type)
+static void sync_dquots(int type)
 {
+	struct super_block *sb;
 	int cnt;
 
-	if (sb) {
-		if (sb->s_qcop->quota_sync)
-			quota_sync_sb(sb, type);
-		return;
-	}
-
 	spin_lock(&sb_lock);
 restart:
 	list_for_each_entry(sb, &super_blocks, s_list) {
@@ -222,8 +222,8 @@ void sync_dquots(struct super_block *sb, int type)
 		sb->s_count++;
 		spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
 		down_read(&sb->s_umount);
-		if (sb->s_root && sb->s_qcop->quota_sync)
-			quota_sync_sb(sb, type);
+		if (sb->s_root)
+			sync_quota_sb(sb, type);
 		up_read(&sb->s_umount);
 		spin_lock(&sb_lock);
 		if (__put_super_and_need_restart(sb))
@@ -301,7 +301,10 @@ static int do_quotactl(struct super_block *sb, int type, int cmd, qid_t id,
 			return sb->s_qcop->set_dqblk(sb, type, id, &idq);
 		}
 		case Q_SYNC:
-			sync_dquots(sb, type);
+			if (sb)
+				sync_quota_sb(sb, type);
+			else
+				sync_dquots(type);
 			return 0;
 
 		case Q_XQUOTAON:
diff --git a/fs/sync.c b/fs/sync.c
index 8aa870a4d406dcf837fec58cb944bf0266fb355e..d90ab7764555045b0ddc73dcfd70d1d3ebc2cbd4 100644
--- a/fs/sync.c
+++ b/fs/sync.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
  */
 static int __sync_filesystem(struct super_block *sb, int wait)
 {
-	vfs_dq_sync(sb);
+	sync_quota_sb(sb, -1);
 	sync_inodes_sb(sb, wait);
 	lock_super(sb);
 	if (sb->s_dirt && sb->s_op->write_super)
diff --git a/include/linux/quotaops.h b/include/linux/quotaops.h
index 36353d95c8dbfb518687ad6c3b5d6e8db8fbe1f2..047310fa22fb732225fb60d9dc5956fa80a75875 100644
--- a/include/linux/quotaops.h
+++ b/include/linux/quotaops.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ static inline struct quota_info *sb_dqopt(struct super_block *sb)
 /*
  * declaration of quota_function calls in kernel.
  */
-void sync_dquots(struct super_block *sb, int type);
+void sync_quota_sb(struct super_block *sb, int type);
 
 int dquot_initialize(struct inode *inode, int type);
 int dquot_drop(struct inode *inode);
@@ -253,12 +253,7 @@ static inline void vfs_dq_free_inode(struct inode *inode)
 		inode->i_sb->dq_op->free_inode(inode, 1);
 }
 
-/* The following two functions cannot be called inside a transaction */
-static inline void vfs_dq_sync(struct super_block *sb)
-{
-	sync_dquots(sb, -1);
-}
-
+/* Cannot be called inside a transaction */
 static inline int vfs_dq_off(struct super_block *sb, int remount)
 {
 	int ret = -ENOSYS;
@@ -334,7 +329,7 @@ static inline void vfs_dq_free_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 }
 
-static inline void vfs_dq_sync(struct super_block *sb)
+static inline void sync_quota_sb(struct super_block *sb, int type)
 {
 }