if (!test_opt(sb, QUOTA))
                return -EINVAL;
-       /* Not journalling quota or remount? */
-       if ((!EXT3_SB(sb)->s_qf_names[USRQUOTA] &&
-           !EXT3_SB(sb)->s_qf_names[GRPQUOTA]) || remount)
+       /* When remounting, no checks are needed and in fact, path is NULL */
+       if (remount)
                return vfs_quota_on(sb, type, format_id, path, remount);
+
        err = path_lookup(path, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, &nd);
        if (err)
                return err;
+
        /* Quotafile not on the same filesystem? */
        if (nd.path.mnt->mnt_sb != sb) {
                path_put(&nd.path);
                return -EXDEV;
        }
-       /* Quotafile not in fs root? */
-       if (nd.path.dentry->d_parent->d_inode != sb->s_root->d_inode)
-               printk(KERN_WARNING
-                       "EXT3-fs: Quota file not on filesystem root. "
-                       "Journalled quota will not work.\n");
+       /* Journaling quota? */
+       if (EXT3_SB(sb)->s_qf_names[type]) {
+               /* Quotafile not of fs root? */
+               if (nd.path.dentry->d_parent->d_inode != sb->s_root->d_inode)
+                       printk(KERN_WARNING
+                               "EXT3-fs: Quota file not on filesystem root. "
+                               "Journaled quota will not work.\n");
+       }
+
+       /*
+        * When we journal data on quota file, we have to flush journal to see
+        * all updates to the file when we bypass pagecache...
+        */
+       if (ext3_should_journal_data(nd.path.dentry->d_inode)) {
+               /*
+                * We don't need to lock updates but journal_flush() could
+                * otherwise be livelocked...
+                */
+               journal_lock_updates(EXT3_SB(sb)->s_journal);
+               journal_flush(EXT3_SB(sb)->s_journal);
+               journal_unlock_updates(EXT3_SB(sb)->s_journal);
+       }
+
        path_put(&nd.path);
        return vfs_quota_on(sb, type, format_id, path, remount);
 }