diff --git a/fs/f2fs/super.c b/fs/f2fs/super.c
index 716b4b8bb9a99..8b2b34500b2a7 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/super.c
@@ -2399,6 +2399,33 @@ static int f2fs_enable_quotas(struct super_block *sb)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int f2fs_quota_sync_file(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, int type)
+{
+	struct quota_info *dqopt = sb_dqopt(sbi->sb);
+	struct address_space *mapping = dqopt->files[type]->i_mapping;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	ret = dquot_writeback_dquots(sbi->sb, type);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out;
+
+	ret = filemap_fdatawrite(mapping);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out;
+
+	/* if we are using journalled quota */
+	if (is_journalled_quota(sbi))
+		goto out;
+
+	ret = filemap_fdatawait(mapping);
+
+	truncate_inode_pages(&dqopt->files[type]->i_data, 0);
+out:
+	if (ret)
+		set_sbi_flag(sbi, SBI_QUOTA_NEED_REPAIR);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 int f2fs_quota_sync(struct super_block *sb, int type)
 {
 	struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi = F2FS_SB(sb);
@@ -2406,57 +2433,42 @@ int f2fs_quota_sync(struct super_block *sb, int type)
 	int cnt;
 	int ret;
 
-	/*
-	 * do_quotactl
-	 *  f2fs_quota_sync
-	 *  down_read(quota_sem)
-	 *  dquot_writeback_dquots()
-	 *  f2fs_dquot_commit
-	 *                            block_operation
-	 *                            down_read(quota_sem)
-	 */
-	f2fs_lock_op(sbi);
-
-	down_read(&sbi->quota_sem);
-	ret = dquot_writeback_dquots(sb, type);
-	if (ret)
-		goto out;
-
 	/*
 	 * Now when everything is written we can discard the pagecache so
 	 * that userspace sees the changes.
 	 */
 	for (cnt = 0; cnt < MAXQUOTAS; cnt++) {
-		struct address_space *mapping;
 
 		if (type != -1 && cnt != type)
 			continue;
-		if (!sb_has_quota_active(sb, cnt))
-			continue;
 
-		mapping = dqopt->files[cnt]->i_mapping;
+		if (!sb_has_quota_active(sb, type))
+			return 0;
 
-		ret = filemap_fdatawrite(mapping);
-		if (ret)
-			goto out;
+		inode_lock(dqopt->files[cnt]);
 
-		/* if we are using journalled quota */
-		if (is_journalled_quota(sbi))
-			continue;
+		/*
+		 * do_quotactl
+		 *  f2fs_quota_sync
+		 *  down_read(quota_sem)
+		 *  dquot_writeback_dquots()
+		 *  f2fs_dquot_commit
+		 *			      block_operation
+		 *			      down_read(quota_sem)
+		 */
+		f2fs_lock_op(sbi);
+		down_read(&sbi->quota_sem);
 
-		ret = filemap_fdatawait(mapping);
-		if (ret)
-			set_sbi_flag(F2FS_SB(sb), SBI_QUOTA_NEED_REPAIR);
+		ret = f2fs_quota_sync_file(sbi, cnt);
+
+		up_read(&sbi->quota_sem);
+		f2fs_unlock_op(sbi);
 
-		inode_lock(dqopt->files[cnt]);
-		truncate_inode_pages(&dqopt->files[cnt]->i_data, 0);
 		inode_unlock(dqopt->files[cnt]);
+
+		if (ret)
+			break;
 	}
-out:
-	if (ret)
-		set_sbi_flag(F2FS_SB(sb), SBI_QUOTA_NEED_REPAIR);
-	up_read(&sbi->quota_sem);
-	f2fs_unlock_op(sbi);
 	return ret;
 }