diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index ea95bd9eab81..cd22de0b5d2c 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -5295,7 +5295,14 @@ int ext4_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
 			error = PTR_ERR(handle);
 			goto err_out;
 		}
+
+		/* dquot_transfer() calls back ext4_get_inode_usage() which
+		 * counts xattr inode references.
+		 */
+		down_read(&EXT4_I(inode)->xattr_sem);
 		error = dquot_transfer(inode, attr);
+		up_read(&EXT4_I(inode)->xattr_sem);
+
 		if (error) {
 			ext4_journal_stop(handle);
 			return error;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
index dde8deb11e59..42b3a73143cf 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
@@ -373,7 +373,13 @@ static int ext4_ioctl_setproject(struct file *filp, __u32 projid)
 
 	transfer_to[PRJQUOTA] = dqget(sb, make_kqid_projid(kprojid));
 	if (!IS_ERR(transfer_to[PRJQUOTA])) {
+
+		/* __dquot_transfer() calls back ext4_get_inode_usage() which
+		 * counts xattr inode references.
+		 */
+		down_read(&EXT4_I(inode)->xattr_sem);
 		err = __dquot_transfer(inode, transfer_to);
+		up_read(&EXT4_I(inode)->xattr_sem);
 		dqput(transfer_to[PRJQUOTA]);
 		if (err)
 			goto out_dirty;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index d501f8256dc4..5ac76e8d4013 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -1263,16 +1263,17 @@ static struct dquot **ext4_get_dquots(struct inode *inode)
 }
 
 static const struct dquot_operations ext4_quota_operations = {
-	.get_reserved_space = ext4_get_reserved_space,
-	.write_dquot	= ext4_write_dquot,
-	.acquire_dquot	= ext4_acquire_dquot,
-	.release_dquot	= ext4_release_dquot,
-	.mark_dirty	= ext4_mark_dquot_dirty,
-	.write_info	= ext4_write_info,
-	.alloc_dquot	= dquot_alloc,
-	.destroy_dquot	= dquot_destroy,
-	.get_projid	= ext4_get_projid,
-	.get_next_id	= ext4_get_next_id,
+	.get_reserved_space	= ext4_get_reserved_space,
+	.write_dquot		= ext4_write_dquot,
+	.acquire_dquot		= ext4_acquire_dquot,
+	.release_dquot		= ext4_release_dquot,
+	.mark_dirty		= ext4_mark_dquot_dirty,
+	.write_info		= ext4_write_info,
+	.alloc_dquot		= dquot_alloc,
+	.destroy_dquot		= dquot_destroy,
+	.get_projid		= ext4_get_projid,
+	.get_inode_usage	= ext4_get_inode_usage,
+	.get_next_id		= ext4_get_next_id,
 };
 
 static const struct quotactl_ops ext4_qctl_operations = {
diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index 15c9f736dcc4..a3f8bf4558f3 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -733,6 +733,60 @@ static void ext4_xattr_update_super_block(handle_t *handle,
 	}
 }
 
+int ext4_get_inode_usage(struct inode *inode, qsize_t *usage)
+{
+	struct ext4_iloc iloc = { .bh = NULL };
+	struct buffer_head *bh = NULL;
+	struct ext4_inode *raw_inode;
+	struct ext4_xattr_ibody_header *header;
+	struct ext4_xattr_entry *entry;
+	qsize_t ea_inode_refs = 0;
+	void *end;
+	int ret;
+
+	lockdep_assert_held_read(&EXT4_I(inode)->xattr_sem);
+
+	if (ext4_test_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_XATTR)) {
+		ret = ext4_get_inode_loc(inode, &iloc);
+		if (ret)
+			goto out;
+		raw_inode = ext4_raw_inode(&iloc);
+		header = IHDR(inode, raw_inode);
+		end = (void *)raw_inode + EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_inode_size;
+		ret = xattr_check_inode(inode, header, end);
+		if (ret)
+			goto out;
+
+		for (entry = IFIRST(header); !IS_LAST_ENTRY(entry);
+		     entry = EXT4_XATTR_NEXT(entry))
+			if (entry->e_value_inum)
+				ea_inode_refs++;
+	}
+
+	if (EXT4_I(inode)->i_file_acl) {
+		bh = sb_bread(inode->i_sb, EXT4_I(inode)->i_file_acl);
+		if (!bh) {
+			ret = -EIO;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		if (ext4_xattr_check_block(inode, bh)) {
+			ret = -EFSCORRUPTED;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		for (entry = BFIRST(bh); !IS_LAST_ENTRY(entry);
+		     entry = EXT4_XATTR_NEXT(entry))
+			if (entry->e_value_inum)
+				ea_inode_refs++;
+	}
+	*usage = ea_inode_refs + 1;
+out:
+	brelse(iloc.bh);
+	brelse(bh);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static inline size_t round_up_cluster(struct inode *inode, size_t length)
 {
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.h b/fs/ext4/xattr.h
index 67616cb9a059..26119a67c8c3 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.h
@@ -193,3 +193,5 @@ extern void ext4_xattr_inode_set_class(struct inode *ea_inode);
 #else
 static inline void ext4_xattr_inode_set_class(struct inode *ea_inode) { }
 #endif
+
+extern int ext4_get_inode_usage(struct inode *inode, qsize_t *usage);
diff --git a/fs/quota/dquot.c b/fs/quota/dquot.c
index 48813aeaab80..53a17496c5c5 100644
--- a/fs/quota/dquot.c
+++ b/fs/quota/dquot.c
@@ -1910,6 +1910,7 @@ int __dquot_transfer(struct inode *inode, struct dquot **transfer_to)
 {
 	qsize_t space, cur_space;
 	qsize_t rsv_space = 0;
+	qsize_t inode_usage = 1;
 	struct dquot *transfer_from[MAXQUOTAS] = {};
 	int cnt, ret = 0;
 	char is_valid[MAXQUOTAS] = {};
@@ -1919,6 +1920,13 @@ int __dquot_transfer(struct inode *inode, struct dquot **transfer_to)
 
 	if (IS_NOQUOTA(inode))
 		return 0;
+
+	if (inode->i_sb->dq_op->get_inode_usage) {
+		ret = inode->i_sb->dq_op->get_inode_usage(inode, &inode_usage);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+	}
+
 	/* Initialize the arrays */
 	for (cnt = 0; cnt < MAXQUOTAS; cnt++) {
 		warn_to[cnt].w_type = QUOTA_NL_NOWARN;
@@ -1946,7 +1954,7 @@ int __dquot_transfer(struct inode *inode, struct dquot **transfer_to)
 			continue;
 		is_valid[cnt] = 1;
 		transfer_from[cnt] = i_dquot(inode)[cnt];
-		ret = check_idq(transfer_to[cnt], 1, &warn_to[cnt]);
+		ret = check_idq(transfer_to[cnt], inode_usage, &warn_to[cnt]);
 		if (ret)
 			goto over_quota;
 		ret = check_bdq(transfer_to[cnt], space, 0, &warn_to[cnt]);
@@ -1963,7 +1971,7 @@ int __dquot_transfer(struct inode *inode, struct dquot **transfer_to)
 		/* Due to IO error we might not have transfer_from[] structure */
 		if (transfer_from[cnt]) {
 			int wtype;
-			wtype = info_idq_free(transfer_from[cnt], 1);
+			wtype = info_idq_free(transfer_from[cnt], inode_usage);
 			if (wtype != QUOTA_NL_NOWARN)
 				prepare_warning(&warn_from_inodes[cnt],
 						transfer_from[cnt], wtype);
@@ -1971,13 +1979,13 @@ int __dquot_transfer(struct inode *inode, struct dquot **transfer_to)
 			if (wtype != QUOTA_NL_NOWARN)
 				prepare_warning(&warn_from_space[cnt],
 						transfer_from[cnt], wtype);
-			dquot_decr_inodes(transfer_from[cnt], 1);
+			dquot_decr_inodes(transfer_from[cnt], inode_usage);
 			dquot_decr_space(transfer_from[cnt], cur_space);
 			dquot_free_reserved_space(transfer_from[cnt],
 						  rsv_space);
 		}
 
-		dquot_incr_inodes(transfer_to[cnt], 1);
+		dquot_incr_inodes(transfer_to[cnt], inode_usage);
 		dquot_incr_space(transfer_to[cnt], cur_space);
 		dquot_resv_space(transfer_to[cnt], rsv_space);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/quota.h b/include/linux/quota.h
index 3434eef2a5aa..bfd077ca6ac3 100644
--- a/include/linux/quota.h
+++ b/include/linux/quota.h
@@ -332,6 +332,8 @@ struct dquot_operations {
 	 * quota code only */
 	qsize_t *(*get_reserved_space) (struct inode *);
 	int (*get_projid) (struct inode *, kprojid_t *);/* Get project ID */
+	/* Get number of inodes that were charged for a given inode */
+	int (*get_inode_usage) (struct inode *, qsize_t *);
 	/* Get next ID with active quota structure */
 	int (*get_next_id) (struct super_block *sb, struct kqid *qid);
 };
