diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_format.h b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_format.h
index 76d34b77031a..adc3ca11c012 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_format.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_format.h
@@ -1161,10 +1161,9 @@ static inline void xfs_dinode_put_rdev(struct xfs_dinode *dip, xfs_dev_t rdev)
 #define XFS_DDQTYPE_ANY		(XFS_DDQTYPE_REC_MASK)
 
 /*
- * This is the main portion of the on-disk representation of quota
- * information for a user. This is the q_core of the struct xfs_dquot that
- * is kept in kernel memory. We pad this with some more expansion room
- * to construct the on disk structure.
+ * This is the main portion of the on-disk representation of quota information
+ * for a user.  We pad this with some more expansion room to construct the on
+ * disk structure.
  */
 struct xfs_disk_dquot {
 	__be16		d_magic;	/* dquot magic = XFS_DQUOT_MAGIC */
diff --git a/fs/xfs/scrub/quota.c b/fs/xfs/scrub/quota.c
index d002af3ab164..f045895f28ff 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/scrub/quota.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/scrub/quota.c
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ xchk_quota_item(
 	struct xchk_quota_info	*sqi = priv;
 	struct xfs_scrub	*sc = sqi->sc;
 	struct xfs_mount	*mp = sc->mp;
-	struct xfs_disk_dquot	*d = &dq->q_core;
 	struct xfs_quotainfo	*qi = mp->m_quotainfo;
 	xfs_fileoff_t		offset;
 	xfs_ino_t		fs_icount;
@@ -99,9 +98,6 @@ xchk_quota_item(
 
 	sqi->last_id = dq->q_id;
 
-	if (d->d_pad0 != cpu_to_be32(0) || d->d_pad != cpu_to_be16(0))
-		xchk_fblock_set_corrupt(sc, XFS_DATA_FORK, offset);
-
 	/*
 	 * Warn if the hard limits are larger than the fs.
 	 * Administrators can do this, though in production this seems
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_dquot.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_dquot.c
index ad17ce622805..75b22560244e 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_dquot.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_dquot.c
@@ -535,7 +535,6 @@ xfs_dquot_from_disk(
 	}
 
 	/* copy everything from disk dquot to the incore dquot */
-	memcpy(&dqp->q_core, ddqp, sizeof(struct xfs_disk_dquot));
 	dqp->q_blk.hardlimit = be64_to_cpu(ddqp->d_blk_hardlimit);
 	dqp->q_blk.softlimit = be64_to_cpu(ddqp->d_blk_softlimit);
 	dqp->q_ino.hardlimit = be64_to_cpu(ddqp->d_ino_hardlimit);
@@ -574,7 +573,13 @@ xfs_dquot_to_disk(
 	struct xfs_disk_dquot	*ddqp,
 	struct xfs_dquot	*dqp)
 {
-	memcpy(ddqp, &dqp->q_core, sizeof(struct xfs_disk_dquot));
+	ddqp->d_magic = cpu_to_be16(XFS_DQUOT_MAGIC);
+	ddqp->d_version = XFS_DQUOT_VERSION;
+	ddqp->d_type = dqp->q_type;
+	ddqp->d_id = cpu_to_be32(dqp->q_id);
+	ddqp->d_pad0 = 0;
+	ddqp->d_pad = 0;
+
 	ddqp->d_blk_hardlimit = cpu_to_be64(dqp->q_blk.hardlimit);
 	ddqp->d_blk_softlimit = cpu_to_be64(dqp->q_blk.softlimit);
 	ddqp->d_ino_hardlimit = cpu_to_be64(dqp->q_ino.hardlimit);
@@ -1193,8 +1198,7 @@ xfs_qm_dqflush(
 	struct xfs_mount	*mp = dqp->q_mount;
 	struct xfs_log_item	*lip = &dqp->q_logitem.qli_item;
 	struct xfs_buf		*bp;
-	struct xfs_dqblk	*dqb;
-	struct xfs_disk_dquot	*ddqp;
+	struct xfs_dqblk	*dqblk;
 	xfs_failaddr_t		fa;
 	int			error;
 
@@ -1218,22 +1222,6 @@ xfs_qm_dqflush(
 	if (error)
 		goto out_abort;
 
-	/*
-	 * Calculate the location of the dquot inside the buffer.
-	 */
-	dqb = bp->b_addr + dqp->q_bufoffset;
-	ddqp = &dqb->dd_diskdq;
-
-	/* sanity check the in-core structure before we flush */
-	fa = xfs_dquot_verify(mp, &dqp->q_core, dqp->q_id, 0);
-	if (fa) {
-		xfs_alert(mp, "corrupt dquot ID 0x%x in memory at %pS",
-				dqp->q_id, fa);
-		xfs_buf_relse(bp);
-		error = -EFSCORRUPTED;
-		goto out_abort;
-	}
-
 	fa = xfs_qm_dqflush_check(dqp);
 	if (fa) {
 		xfs_alert(mp, "corrupt dquot ID 0x%x in memory at %pS",
@@ -1243,7 +1231,9 @@ xfs_qm_dqflush(
 		goto out_abort;
 	}
 
-	xfs_dquot_to_disk(ddqp, dqp);
+	/* Flush the incore dquot to the ondisk buffer. */
+	dqblk = bp->b_addr + dqp->q_bufoffset;
+	xfs_dquot_to_disk(&dqblk->dd_diskdq, dqp);
 
 	/*
 	 * Clear the dirty field and remember the flush lsn for later use.
@@ -1263,8 +1253,8 @@ xfs_qm_dqflush(
 	 * of a dquot without an up-to-date CRC getting to disk.
 	 */
 	if (xfs_sb_version_hascrc(&mp->m_sb)) {
-		dqb->dd_lsn = cpu_to_be64(dqp->q_logitem.qli_item.li_lsn);
-		xfs_update_cksum((char *)dqb, sizeof(struct xfs_dqblk),
+		dqblk->dd_lsn = cpu_to_be64(dqp->q_logitem.qli_item.li_lsn);
+		xfs_update_cksum((char *)dqblk, sizeof(struct xfs_dqblk),
 				 XFS_DQUOT_CRC_OFF);
 	}
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_dquot.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_dquot.h
index 6ad89ccb80c0..9bcfa3330f25 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_dquot.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_dquot.h
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ struct xfs_dquot {
 	struct xfs_dquot_res	q_ino;	/* inodes */
 	struct xfs_dquot_res	q_rtb;	/* realtime blocks */
 
-	struct xfs_disk_dquot	q_core;
 	struct xfs_dq_logitem	q_logitem;
 
 	xfs_qcnt_t		q_prealloc_lo_wmark;
