diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
index d2b4145cb34e..ac6452261926 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
@@ -2576,7 +2576,9 @@ static int f2fs_ioc_setproject(struct file *filp, __u32 projid)
 	}
 	f2fs_put_page(ipage, 1);
 
-	dquot_initialize(inode);
+	err = dquot_initialize(inode);
+	if (err)
+		goto out_unlock;
 
 	transfer_to[PRJQUOTA] = dqget(sb, make_kqid_projid(kprojid));
 	if (!IS_ERR(transfer_to[PRJQUOTA])) {