diff --git a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
index efda9a022981..baff639ac0c4 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
@@ -1237,7 +1237,8 @@ static int block_operations(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 retry_flush_quotas:
 	f2fs_lock_all(sbi);
 	if (__need_flush_quota(sbi)) {
-		int locked;
+		bool need_lock = sbi->umount_lock_holder != current;
+		bool locked = false;
 
 		if (++cnt > DEFAULT_RETRY_QUOTA_FLUSH_COUNT) {
 			set_sbi_flag(sbi, SBI_QUOTA_SKIP_FLUSH);
@@ -1246,10 +1247,13 @@ static int block_operations(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 		}
 		f2fs_unlock_all(sbi);
 
-		/* only failed during mount/umount/freeze/quotactl */
-		locked = down_read_trylock(&sbi->sb->s_umount);
-		f2fs_quota_sync(sbi->sb, -1);
-		if (locked)
+		/* don't grab s_umount lock during mount/umount/remount/freeze/quotactl */
+		if (need_lock && !down_read_trylock(&sbi->sb->s_umount)) {
+			cond_resched();
+			goto retry_flush_quotas;
+		}
+		f2fs_do_quota_sync(sbi->sb, -1);
+		if (need_lock)
 			up_read(&sbi->sb->s_umount);
 		cond_resched();
 		goto retry_flush_quotas;
@@ -1867,7 +1871,8 @@ int f2fs_issue_checkpoint(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 	struct cp_control cpc;
 
 	cpc.reason = __get_cp_reason(sbi);
-	if (!test_opt(sbi, MERGE_CHECKPOINT) || cpc.reason != CP_SYNC) {
+	if (!test_opt(sbi, MERGE_CHECKPOINT) || cpc.reason != CP_SYNC ||
+		sbi->umount_lock_holder == current) {
 		int ret;
 
 		f2fs_down_write(&sbi->gc_lock);
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
index 62b7fed1514a..7174dea641e9 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
@@ -1670,6 +1670,7 @@ struct f2fs_sb_info {
 
 	unsigned int nquota_files;		/* # of quota sysfile */
 	struct f2fs_rwsem quota_sem;		/* blocking cp for flags */
+	struct task_struct *umount_lock_holder;	/* s_umount lock holder */
 
 	/* # of pages, see count_type */
 	atomic_t nr_pages[NR_COUNT_TYPE];
@@ -3652,7 +3653,7 @@ int f2fs_inode_dirtied(struct inode *inode, bool sync);
 void f2fs_inode_synced(struct inode *inode);
 int f2fs_dquot_initialize(struct inode *inode);
 int f2fs_enable_quota_files(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, bool rdonly);
-int f2fs_quota_sync(struct super_block *sb, int type);
+int f2fs_do_quota_sync(struct super_block *sb, int type);
 loff_t max_file_blocks(struct inode *inode);
 void f2fs_quota_off_umount(struct super_block *sb);
 void f2fs_save_errors(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, unsigned char flag);
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/super.c b/fs/f2fs/super.c
index ef639a6d82e5..cb9d7b6fa3ad 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/super.c
@@ -1740,22 +1740,28 @@ int f2fs_sync_fs(struct super_block *sb, int sync)
 
 static int f2fs_freeze(struct super_block *sb)
 {
+	struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi = F2FS_SB(sb);
+
 	if (f2fs_readonly(sb))
 		return 0;
 
 	/* IO error happened before */
-	if (unlikely(f2fs_cp_error(F2FS_SB(sb))))
+	if (unlikely(f2fs_cp_error(sbi)))
 		return -EIO;
 
 	/* must be clean, since sync_filesystem() was already called */
-	if (is_sbi_flag_set(F2FS_SB(sb), SBI_IS_DIRTY))
+	if (is_sbi_flag_set(sbi, SBI_IS_DIRTY))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	sbi->umount_lock_holder = current;
+
 	/* Let's flush checkpoints and stop the thread. */
-	f2fs_flush_ckpt_thread(F2FS_SB(sb));
+	f2fs_flush_ckpt_thread(sbi);
+
+	sbi->umount_lock_holder = NULL;
 
 	/* to avoid deadlock on f2fs_evict_inode->SB_FREEZE_FS */
-	set_sbi_flag(F2FS_SB(sb), SBI_IS_FREEZING);
+	set_sbi_flag(sbi, SBI_IS_FREEZING);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -2332,6 +2338,8 @@ static int f2fs_remount(struct super_block *sb, int *flags, char *data)
 	org_mount_opt = sbi->mount_opt;
 	old_sb_flags = sb->s_flags;
 
+	sbi->umount_lock_holder = current;
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_QUOTA
 	org_mount_opt.s_jquota_fmt = F2FS_OPTION(sbi).s_jquota_fmt;
 	for (i = 0; i < MAXQUOTAS; i++) {
@@ -2555,6 +2563,8 @@ static int f2fs_remount(struct super_block *sb, int *flags, char *data)
 
 	limit_reserve_root(sbi);
 	*flags = (*flags & ~SB_LAZYTIME) | (sb->s_flags & SB_LAZYTIME);
+
+	sbi->umount_lock_holder = NULL;
 	return 0;
 restore_checkpoint:
 	if (need_enable_checkpoint) {
@@ -2595,6 +2605,8 @@ static int f2fs_remount(struct super_block *sb, int *flags, char *data)
 #endif
 	sbi->mount_opt = org_mount_opt;
 	sb->s_flags = old_sb_flags;
+
+	sbi->umount_lock_holder = NULL;
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -2911,7 +2923,7 @@ static int f2fs_quota_sync_file(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, int type)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-int f2fs_quota_sync(struct super_block *sb, int type)
+int f2fs_do_quota_sync(struct super_block *sb, int type)
 {
 	struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi = F2FS_SB(sb);
 	struct quota_info *dqopt = sb_dqopt(sb);
@@ -2959,6 +2971,16 @@ int f2fs_quota_sync(struct super_block *sb, int type)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static int f2fs_quota_sync(struct super_block *sb, int type)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	F2FS_SB(sb)->umount_lock_holder = current;
+	ret = f2fs_do_quota_sync(sb, type);
+	F2FS_SB(sb)->umount_lock_holder = NULL;
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static int f2fs_quota_on(struct super_block *sb, int type, int format_id,
 							const struct path *path)
 {
@@ -2974,30 +2996,33 @@ static int f2fs_quota_on(struct super_block *sb, int type, int format_id,
 	if (path->dentry->d_sb != sb)
 		return -EXDEV;
 
-	err = f2fs_quota_sync(sb, type);
+	F2FS_SB(sb)->umount_lock_holder = current;
+
+	err = f2fs_do_quota_sync(sb, type);
 	if (err)
-		return err;
+		goto out;
 
 	inode = d_inode(path->dentry);
 
 	err = filemap_fdatawrite(inode->i_mapping);
 	if (err)
-		return err;
+		goto out;
 
 	err = filemap_fdatawait(inode->i_mapping);
 	if (err)
-		return err;
+		goto out;
 
 	err = dquot_quota_on(sb, type, format_id, path);
 	if (err)
-		return err;
+		goto out;
 
 	inode_lock(inode);
 	F2FS_I(inode)->i_flags |= F2FS_QUOTA_DEFAULT_FL;
 	f2fs_set_inode_flags(inode);
 	inode_unlock(inode);
 	f2fs_mark_inode_dirty_sync(inode, false);
-
+out:
+	F2FS_SB(sb)->umount_lock_holder = NULL;
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -3009,7 +3034,7 @@ static int __f2fs_quota_off(struct super_block *sb, int type)
 	if (!inode || !igrab(inode))
 		return dquot_quota_off(sb, type);
 
-	err = f2fs_quota_sync(sb, type);
+	err = f2fs_do_quota_sync(sb, type);
 	if (err)
 		goto out_put;
 
@@ -3032,6 +3057,8 @@ static int f2fs_quota_off(struct super_block *sb, int type)
 	struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi = F2FS_SB(sb);
 	int err;
 
+	F2FS_SB(sb)->umount_lock_holder = current;
+
 	err = __f2fs_quota_off(sb, type);
 
 	/*
@@ -3041,6 +3068,9 @@ static int f2fs_quota_off(struct super_block *sb, int type)
 	 */
 	if (is_journalled_quota(sbi))
 		set_sbi_flag(sbi, SBI_QUOTA_NEED_REPAIR);
+
+	F2FS_SB(sb)->umount_lock_holder = NULL;
+
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -4715,6 +4745,7 @@ static int f2fs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	if (err)
 		goto free_compress_inode;
 
+	sbi->umount_lock_holder = current;
 #ifdef CONFIG_QUOTA
 	/* Enable quota usage during mount */
 	if (f2fs_sb_has_quota_ino(sbi) && !f2fs_readonly(sb)) {
@@ -4841,6 +4872,8 @@ static int f2fs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	f2fs_update_time(sbi, CP_TIME);
 	f2fs_update_time(sbi, REQ_TIME);
 	clear_sbi_flag(sbi, SBI_CP_DISABLED_QUICK);
+
+	sbi->umount_lock_holder = NULL;
 	return 0;
 
 sync_free_meta:
@@ -4945,6 +4978,8 @@ static void kill_f2fs_super(struct super_block *sb)
 	struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi = F2FS_SB(sb);
 
 	if (sb->s_root) {
+		sbi->umount_lock_holder = current;
+
 		set_sbi_flag(sbi, SBI_IS_CLOSE);
 		f2fs_stop_gc_thread(sbi);
 		f2fs_stop_discard_thread(sbi);
