diff --git a/fs/ext3/super.c b/fs/ext3/super.c
index cf0b5921cf0f..7c08c93bb615 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/super.c
@@ -3000,7 +3000,6 @@ static ssize_t ext3_quota_write(struct super_block *sb, int type,
 			(unsigned long long)off, (unsigned long long)len);
 		return -EIO;
 	}
-	mutex_lock_nested(&inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_QUOTA);
 	bh = ext3_bread(handle, inode, blk, 1, &err);
 	if (!bh)
 		goto out;
@@ -3024,10 +3023,8 @@ static ssize_t ext3_quota_write(struct super_block *sb, int type,
 	}
 	brelse(bh);
 out:
-	if (err) {
-		mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
+	if (err)
 		return err;
-	}
 	if (inode->i_size < off + len) {
 		i_size_write(inode, off + len);
 		EXT3_I(inode)->i_disksize = inode->i_size;
@@ -3035,7 +3032,6 @@ out:
 	inode->i_version++;
 	inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
 	ext3_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
-	mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
 	return len;
 }