diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 29c80f6..0f10ccd 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -1162,7 +1162,7 @@
 static int ext4_mark_dquot_dirty(struct dquot *dquot);
 static int ext4_write_info(struct super_block *sb, int type);
 static int ext4_quota_on(struct super_block *sb, int type, int format_id,
-				char *path);
+			 struct path *path);
 static int ext4_quota_off(struct super_block *sb, int type);
 static int ext4_quota_on_mount(struct super_block *sb, int type);
 static ssize_t ext4_quota_read(struct super_block *sb, int type, char *data,
@@ -4566,27 +4566,20 @@
  * Standard function to be called on quota_on
  */
 static int ext4_quota_on(struct super_block *sb, int type, int format_id,
-			 char *name)
+			 struct path *path)
 {
 	int err;
-	struct path path;
 
 	if (!test_opt(sb, QUOTA))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	err = kern_path(name, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, &path);
-	if (err)
-		return err;
-
 	/* Quotafile not on the same filesystem? */
-	if (path.mnt->mnt_sb != sb) {
-		path_put(&path);
+	if (path->mnt->mnt_sb != sb)
 		return -EXDEV;
-	}
 	/* Journaling quota? */
 	if (EXT4_SB(sb)->s_qf_names[type]) {
 		/* Quotafile not in fs root? */
-		if (path.dentry->d_parent != sb->s_root)
+		if (path->dentry->d_parent != sb->s_root)
 			ext4_msg(sb, KERN_WARNING,
 				"Quota file not on filesystem root. "
 				"Journaled quota will not work");
@@ -4597,7 +4590,7 @@
 	 * all updates to the file when we bypass pagecache...
 	 */
 	if (EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal &&
-	    ext4_should_journal_data(path.dentry->d_inode)) {
+	    ext4_should_journal_data(path->dentry->d_inode)) {
 		/*
 		 * We don't need to lock updates but journal_flush() could
 		 * otherwise be livelocked...
@@ -4605,15 +4598,11 @@
 		jbd2_journal_lock_updates(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal);
 		err = jbd2_journal_flush(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal);
 		jbd2_journal_unlock_updates(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal);
-		if (err) {
-			path_put(&path);
+		if (err)
 			return err;
-		}
 	}
 
-	err = dquot_quota_on_path(sb, type, format_id, &path);
-	path_put(&path);
-	return err;
+	return dquot_quota_on(sb, type, format_id, path);
 }
 
 static int ext4_quota_off(struct super_block *sb, int type)