diff --git a/fs/quota/dquot.c b/fs/quota/dquot.c
index 001482fac9fd6e06892dc94c132766110bf47969..94fa70e38087f8fd4ed717264d7b829286e83a43 100644
--- a/fs/quota/dquot.c
+++ b/fs/quota/dquot.c
@@ -687,6 +687,8 @@ int dquot_writeback_dquots(struct super_block *sb, int type)
 
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb->s_umount));
 
+	flush_delayed_work(&quota_release_work);
+
 	for (cnt = 0; cnt < MAXQUOTAS; cnt++) {
 		if (type != -1 && cnt != type)
 			continue;