diff --git a/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_qm.c b/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_qm.c
index b94dace4e7852..e70c7fc95e2f1 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_qm.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_qm.c
@@ -714,7 +714,8 @@ xfs_qm_dqattach_one(
 	 * disk and we didn't ask it to allocate;
 	 * ESRCH if quotas got turned off suddenly.
 	 */
-	error = xfs_qm_dqget(ip->i_mount, ip, id, type, XFS_QMOPT_DOWARN, &dqp);
+	error = xfs_qm_dqget(ip->i_mount, ip, id, type,
+			     doalloc | XFS_QMOPT_DOWARN, &dqp);
 	if (error)
 		return error;