return ret;
 }
 
-int btrfs_del_qgroup_relation(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
+int __del_qgroup_relation(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
                              struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, u64 src, u64 dst)
 {
        struct btrfs_root *quota_root;
        int ret = 0;
        int err;
 
-       mutex_lock(&fs_info->qgroup_ioctl_lock);
        quota_root = fs_info->quota_root;
        if (!quota_root) {
                ret = -EINVAL;
        del_relation_rb(fs_info, src, dst);
        spin_unlock(&fs_info->qgroup_lock);
 out:
+       return ret;
+}
+
+int btrfs_del_qgroup_relation(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
+                             struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, u64 src, u64 dst)
+{
+       int ret = 0;
+
+       mutex_lock(&fs_info->qgroup_ioctl_lock);
+       ret = __del_qgroup_relation(trans, fs_info, src, dst);
        mutex_unlock(&fs_info->qgroup_ioctl_lock);
+
        return ret;
 }
 
 {
        struct btrfs_root *quota_root;
        struct btrfs_qgroup *qgroup;
+       struct btrfs_qgroup_list *list;
        int ret = 0;
 
        mutex_lock(&fs_info->qgroup_ioctl_lock);
                ret = -ENOENT;
                goto out;
        } else {
-               /* check if there are no relations to this qgroup */
-               if (!list_empty(&qgroup->groups) ||
-                   !list_empty(&qgroup->members)) {
+               /* check if there are no children of this qgroup */
+               if (!list_empty(&qgroup->members)) {
                        ret = -EBUSY;
                        goto out;
                }
        }
        ret = del_qgroup_item(trans, quota_root, qgroupid);
 
+       while (!list_empty(&qgroup->groups)) {
+               list = list_first_entry(&qgroup->groups,
+                                       struct btrfs_qgroup_list, next_group);
+               ret = __del_qgroup_relation(trans, fs_info,
+                                          qgroupid,
+                                          list->group->qgroupid);
+               if (ret)
+                       goto out;
+       }
+
        spin_lock(&fs_info->qgroup_lock);
        del_qgroup_rb(quota_root->fs_info, qgroupid);
        spin_unlock(&fs_info->qgroup_lock);