diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/super.c b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
index 9fef73d..b800a1f 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
@@ -1941,6 +1941,11 @@
 
 	ocfs2_disable_quotas(osb);
 
+	/* All dquots should be freed by now */
+	WARN_ON(!llist_empty(&osb->dquot_drop_list));
+	/* Wait for worker to be done with the work structure in osb */
+	cancel_work_sync(&osb->dquot_drop_work);
+
 	ocfs2_shutdown_local_alloc(osb);
 
 	/* This will disable recovery and flush any recovery work. */
@@ -2276,6 +2281,9 @@
 	INIT_WORK(&osb->dentry_lock_work, ocfs2_drop_dl_inodes);
 	osb->dentry_lock_list = NULL;
 
+	INIT_WORK(&osb->dquot_drop_work, ocfs2_drop_dquot_refs);
+	init_llist_head(&osb->dquot_drop_list);
+
 	/* get some pseudo constants for clustersize bits */
 	osb->s_clustersize_bits =
 		le32_to_cpu(di->id2.i_super.s_clustersize_bits);