diff --git a/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_dquot.c b/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_dquot.c
index 591ca6602bfb6738e4677a43c094aa62d5238254..36d1bb6140d1dd35414708acfbbe5367fbc175dc 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_dquot.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_dquot.c
@@ -1383,6 +1383,12 @@ xfs_dqunlock_nonotify(
 	mutex_unlock(&(dqp->q_qlock));
 }
 
+/*
+ * Lock two xfs_dquot structures.
+ *
+ * To avoid deadlocks we always lock the quota structure with
+ * the lowerd id first.
+ */
 void
 xfs_dqlock2(
 	xfs_dquot_t	*d1,
@@ -1392,18 +1398,16 @@ xfs_dqlock2(
 		ASSERT(d1 != d2);
 		if (be32_to_cpu(d1->q_core.d_id) >
 		    be32_to_cpu(d2->q_core.d_id)) {
-			xfs_dqlock(d2);
-			xfs_dqlock(d1);
+			mutex_lock(&d2->q_qlock);
+			mutex_lock_nested(&d1->q_qlock, XFS_QLOCK_NESTED);
 		} else {
-			xfs_dqlock(d1);
-			xfs_dqlock(d2);
-		}
-	} else {
-		if (d1) {
-			xfs_dqlock(d1);
-		} else if (d2) {
-			xfs_dqlock(d2);
+			mutex_lock(&d1->q_qlock);
+			mutex_lock_nested(&d2->q_qlock, XFS_QLOCK_NESTED);
 		}
+	} else if (d1) {
+		mutex_lock(&d1->q_qlock);
+	} else if (d2) {
+		mutex_lock(&d2->q_qlock);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_dquot.h b/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_dquot.h
index 7e455337e2ba55038199a8afeb1ac85a70786d9c..d443e93b43313c4c4f72fef3e14f8e1c2aa6e8a9 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_dquot.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_dquot.h
@@ -97,6 +97,16 @@ typedef struct xfs_dquot {
 #define dq_hashlist	q_lists.dqm_hashlist
 #define dq_flags	q_lists.dqm_flags
 
+/*
+ * Lock hierachy for q_qlock:
+ *	XFS_QLOCK_NORMAL is the implicit default,
+ * 	XFS_QLOCK_NESTED is the dquot with the higher id in xfs_dqlock2
+ */
+enum {
+	XFS_QLOCK_NORMAL = 0,
+	XFS_QLOCK_NESTED,
+};
+
 #define XFS_DQHOLD(dqp)		((dqp)->q_nrefs++)
 
 #ifdef DEBUG