diff --git a/fs/ext2/balloc.c b/fs/ext2/balloc.c
index 22993a0..9d372bf 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/balloc.c
@@ -568,8 +568,11 @@ do_more:
 	}
 error_return:
 	brelse(bitmap_bh);
-	release_blocks(sb, freed);
-	dquot_free_block_nodirty(inode, freed);
+	if (freed) {
+		release_blocks(sb, freed);
+		dquot_free_block_nodirty(inode, freed);
+		mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+	}
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1412,9 +1415,11 @@ allocated:
 
 	*errp = 0;
 	brelse(bitmap_bh);
-	dquot_free_block_nodirty(inode, *count-num);
-	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
-	*count = num;
+	if (num < *count) {
+		dquot_free_block_nodirty(inode, *count-num);
+		mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+		*count = num;
+	}
 	return ret_block;
 
 io_error:
diff --git a/fs/ext2/xattr.c b/fs/ext2/xattr.c
index b6754db..4c4cda9 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/xattr.c
@@ -795,6 +795,7 @@ ext2_xattr_delete_inode(struct inode *inode)
 		if (IS_SYNC(inode))
 			sync_dirty_buffer(bh);
 		dquot_free_block_nodirty(inode, 1);
+		mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 	}
 	EXT2_I(inode)->i_file_acl = 0;