diff --git a/fs/dquot.c b/fs/dquot.c
index b2592abaa7130f9336f35f15d1701dec99e11458..cee7c6f428f0fa518e80bda281eb92421a5ac295 100644
--- a/fs/dquot.c
+++ b/fs/dquot.c
@@ -827,6 +827,18 @@ static inline void dquot_decr_space(struct dquot *dquot, qsize_t number)
 	clear_bit(DQ_BLKS_B, &dquot->dq_flags);
 }
 
+static int warning_issued(struct dquot *dquot, const int warntype)
+{
+	int flag = (warntype == QUOTA_NL_BHARDWARN ||
+		warntype == QUOTA_NL_BSOFTLONGWARN) ? DQ_BLKS_B :
+		((warntype == QUOTA_NL_IHARDWARN ||
+		warntype == QUOTA_NL_ISOFTLONGWARN) ? DQ_INODES_B : 0);
+
+	if (!flag)
+		return 0;
+	return test_and_set_bit(flag, &dquot->dq_flags);
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_PRINT_QUOTA_WARNING
 static int flag_print_warnings = 1;
 
@@ -845,16 +857,12 @@ static inline int need_print_warning(struct dquot *dquot)
 }
 
 /* Print warning to user which exceeded quota */
-static void print_warning(struct dquot *dquot, const char warntype)
+static void print_warning(struct dquot *dquot, const int warntype)
 {
 	char *msg = NULL;
 	struct tty_struct *tty;
-	int flag = (warntype == QUOTA_NL_BHARDWARN ||
-		warntype == QUOTA_NL_BSOFTLONGWARN) ? DQ_BLKS_B :
-		((warntype == QUOTA_NL_IHARDWARN ||
-		warntype == QUOTA_NL_ISOFTLONGWARN) ? DQ_INODES_B : 0);
 
-	if (!need_print_warning(dquot) || (flag && test_and_set_bit(flag, &dquot->dq_flags)))
+	if (!need_print_warning(dquot))
 		return;
 
 	mutex_lock(&tty_mutex);
@@ -969,7 +977,8 @@ static inline void flush_warnings(struct dquot * const *dquots, char *warntype)
 	int i;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < MAXQUOTAS; i++)
-		if (dquots[i] != NODQUOT && warntype[i] != QUOTA_NL_NOWARN) {
+		if (dquots[i] != NODQUOT && warntype[i] != QUOTA_NL_NOWARN &&
+		    !warning_issued(dquots[i], warntype[i])) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_PRINT_QUOTA_WARNING
 			print_warning(dquots[i], warntype[i]);
 #endif