if (max_blocks > DIO_MAX_BLOCKS)
                        max_blocks = DIO_MAX_BLOCKS;
                handle = ext3_journal_start(inode, DIO_CREDITS +
-                               2 * EXT3_QUOTA_TRANS_BLOCKS(inode->i_sb));
+                               EXT3_MAXQUOTAS_TRANS_BLOCKS(inode->i_sb));
                if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
                        ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
                        goto out;
 
                /* (user+group)*(old+new) structure, inode write (sb,
                 * inode block, ? - but truncate inode update has it) */
-               handle = ext3_journal_start(inode, 2*(EXT3_QUOTA_INIT_BLOCKS(inode->i_sb)+
-                                       EXT3_QUOTA_DEL_BLOCKS(inode->i_sb))+3);
+               handle = ext3_journal_start(inode, EXT3_MAXQUOTAS_INIT_BLOCKS(inode->i_sb)+
+                                       EXT3_MAXQUOTAS_DEL_BLOCKS(inode->i_sb)+3);
                if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
                        error = PTR_ERR(handle);
                        goto err_out;
 #ifdef CONFIG_QUOTA
        /* We know that structure was already allocated during vfs_dq_init so
         * we will be updating only the data blocks + inodes */
-       ret += 2*EXT3_QUOTA_TRANS_BLOCKS(inode->i_sb);
+       ret += EXT3_MAXQUOTAS_TRANS_BLOCKS(inode->i_sb);
 #endif
 
        return ret;
 
 retry:
        handle = ext3_journal_start(dir, EXT3_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb) +
                                        EXT3_INDEX_EXTRA_TRANS_BLOCKS + 3 +
-                                       2*EXT3_QUOTA_INIT_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb));
+                                       EXT3_MAXQUOTAS_INIT_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb));
        if (IS_ERR(handle))
                return PTR_ERR(handle);
 
 retry:
        handle = ext3_journal_start(dir, EXT3_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb) +
                                        EXT3_INDEX_EXTRA_TRANS_BLOCKS + 3 +
-                                       2*EXT3_QUOTA_INIT_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb));
+                                       EXT3_MAXQUOTAS_INIT_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb));
        if (IS_ERR(handle))
                return PTR_ERR(handle);
 
 retry:
        handle = ext3_journal_start(dir, EXT3_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb) +
                                        EXT3_INDEX_EXTRA_TRANS_BLOCKS + 3 +
-                                       2*EXT3_QUOTA_INIT_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb));
+                                       EXT3_MAXQUOTAS_INIT_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb));
        if (IS_ERR(handle))
                return PTR_ERR(handle);
 
 retry:
        handle = ext3_journal_start(dir, EXT3_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb) +
                                        EXT3_INDEX_EXTRA_TRANS_BLOCKS + 5 +
-                                       2*EXT3_QUOTA_INIT_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb));
+                                       EXT3_MAXQUOTAS_INIT_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb));
        if (IS_ERR(handle))
                return PTR_ERR(handle);
 
 
 
 #define EXT3_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(sb)     (EXT3_SINGLEDATA_TRANS_BLOCKS + \
                                         EXT3_XATTR_TRANS_BLOCKS - 2 + \
-                                        2*EXT3_QUOTA_TRANS_BLOCKS(sb))
+                                        EXT3_MAXQUOTAS_TRANS_BLOCKS(sb))
 
 /* Delete operations potentially hit one directory's namespace plus an
  * entire inode, plus arbitrary amounts of bitmap/indirection data.  Be
  * generous.  We can grow the delete transaction later if necessary. */
 
-#define EXT3_DELETE_TRANS_BLOCKS(sb)   (2 * EXT3_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(sb) + 64)
+#define EXT3_DELETE_TRANS_BLOCKS(sb)   (EXT3_MAXQUOTAS_TRANS_BLOCKS(sb) + 64)
 
 /* Define an arbitrary limit for the amount of data we will anticipate
  * writing to any given transaction.  For unbounded transactions such as
 #define EXT3_QUOTA_INIT_BLOCKS(sb) 0
 #define EXT3_QUOTA_DEL_BLOCKS(sb) 0
 #endif
+#define EXT3_MAXQUOTAS_TRANS_BLOCKS(sb) (MAXQUOTAS*EXT3_QUOTA_TRANS_BLOCKS(sb))
+#define EXT3_MAXQUOTAS_INIT_BLOCKS(sb) (MAXQUOTAS*EXT3_QUOTA_INIT_BLOCKS(sb))
+#define EXT3_MAXQUOTAS_DEL_BLOCKS(sb) (MAXQUOTAS*EXT3_QUOTA_DEL_BLOCKS(sb))
 
 int
 ext3_mark_iloc_dirty(handle_t *handle,