diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h
index ca81f6b49236..f6134345fe42 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/wait.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
+#include <linux/llist.h>
 #include <linux/rbtree.h>
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
 #include <linux/kref.h>
@@ -410,6 +411,10 @@ struct ocfs2_super
 	struct list_head blocked_lock_list;
 	unsigned long blocked_lock_count;
 
+	/* List of dquot structures to drop last reference to */
+	struct llist_head dquot_drop_list;
+	struct work_struct dquot_drop_work;
+
 	wait_queue_head_t		osb_mount_event;
 
 	/* Truncate log info */
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/quota.h b/fs/ocfs2/quota.h
index d5ab56cbe5c5..f266d67df3c6 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/quota.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/quota.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ struct ocfs2_dquot {
 	unsigned int dq_use_count;	/* Number of nodes having reference to this entry in global quota file */
 	s64 dq_origspace;	/* Last globally synced space usage */
 	s64 dq_originodes;	/* Last globally synced inode usage */
+	struct llist_node list;	/* Member of list of dquots to drop */
 };
 
 /* Description of one chunk to recover in memory */
@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@ int ocfs2_read_quota_phys_block(struct inode *inode, u64 p_block,
 int ocfs2_create_local_dquot(struct dquot *dquot);
 int ocfs2_local_release_dquot(handle_t *handle, struct dquot *dquot);
 int ocfs2_local_write_dquot(struct dquot *dquot);
+void ocfs2_drop_dquot_refs(struct work_struct *work);
 
 extern const struct dquot_operations ocfs2_quota_operations;
 extern struct quota_format_type ocfs2_quota_format;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/quota_global.c b/fs/ocfs2/quota_global.c
index aaa50611ec66..7921e209c64b 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/quota_global.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/quota_global.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <linux/jiffies.h>
 #include <linux/writeback.h>
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
+#include <linux/llist.h>
 
 #include <cluster/masklog.h>
 
@@ -679,6 +680,27 @@ static int ocfs2_calc_qdel_credits(struct super_block *sb, int type)
 	       OCFS2_INODE_UPDATE_CREDITS;
 }
 
+void ocfs2_drop_dquot_refs(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = container_of(work, struct ocfs2_super,
+					       dquot_drop_work);
+	struct llist_node *list;
+	struct ocfs2_dquot *odquot, *next_odquot;
+
+	list = llist_del_all(&osb->dquot_drop_list);
+	llist_for_each_entry_safe(odquot, next_odquot, list, list) {
+		/* Drop the reference we acquired in ocfs2_dquot_release() */
+		dqput(&odquot->dq_dquot);
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * Called when the last reference to dquot is dropped. If we are called from
+ * downconvert thread, we cannot do all the handling here because grabbing
+ * quota lock could deadlock (the node holding the quota lock could need some
+ * other cluster lock to proceed but with blocked downconvert thread we cannot
+ * release any lock).
+ */
 static int ocfs2_release_dquot(struct dquot *dquot)
 {
 	handle_t *handle;
@@ -694,6 +716,19 @@ static int ocfs2_release_dquot(struct dquot *dquot)
 	/* Check whether we are not racing with some other dqget() */
 	if (atomic_read(&dquot->dq_count) > 1)
 		goto out;
+	/* Running from downconvert thread? Postpone quota processing to wq */
+	if (current == osb->dc_task) {
+		/*
+		 * Grab our own reference to dquot and queue it for delayed
+		 * dropping.  Quota code rechecks after calling
+		 * ->release_dquot() and won't free dquot structure.
+		 */
+		dqgrab(dquot);
+		/* First entry on list -> queue work */
+		if (llist_add(&OCFS2_DQUOT(dquot)->list, &osb->dquot_drop_list))
+			queue_work(ocfs2_wq, &osb->dquot_drop_work);
+		goto out;
+	}
 	status = ocfs2_lock_global_qf(oinfo, 1);
 	if (status < 0)
 		goto out;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/super.c b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
index c7f71360666f..0c5ea9454967 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
@@ -1920,6 +1920,11 @@ static void ocfs2_dismount_volume(struct super_block *sb, int mnt_err)
 
 	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);
 
 	ocfs2_truncate_log_shutdown(osb);
@@ -2247,6 +2252,9 @@ static int ocfs2_initialize_super(struct super_block *sb,
 	INIT_WORK(&journal->j_recovery_work, ocfs2_complete_recovery);
 	journal->j_state = OCFS2_JOURNAL_FREE;
 
+	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);
