diff --git a/fs/dquot.c b/fs/dquot.c
index bca3cac..cb1c3bc 100644
--- a/fs/dquot.c
+++ b/fs/dquot.c
@@ -789,12 +789,12 @@
 
 	spin_lock(&inode_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(inode, &sb->s_inodes, i_sb_list) {
+		if (inode->i_state & (I_FREEING|I_WILL_FREE|I_NEW))
+			continue;
 		if (!atomic_read(&inode->i_writecount))
 			continue;
 		if (!dqinit_needed(inode, type))
 			continue;
-		if (inode->i_state & (I_FREEING|I_WILL_FREE))
-			continue;
 
 		__iget(inode);
 		spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
@@ -870,6 +870,12 @@
 
 	spin_lock(&inode_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(inode, &sb->s_inodes, i_sb_list) {
+		/*
+		 *  We have to scan also I_NEW inodes because they can already
+		 *  have quota pointer initialized. Luckily, we need to touch
+		 *  only quota pointers and these have separate locking
+		 *  (dqptr_sem).
+		 */
 		if (!IS_NOQUOTA(inode))
 			remove_inode_dquot_ref(inode, type, tofree_head);
 	}
diff --git a/fs/drop_caches.c b/fs/drop_caches.c
index 3e5637f..44d725f 100644
--- a/fs/drop_caches.c
+++ b/fs/drop_caches.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 	spin_lock(&inode_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(inode, &sb->s_inodes, i_sb_list) {
-		if (inode->i_state & (I_FREEING|I_WILL_FREE))
+		if (inode->i_state & (I_FREEING|I_WILL_FREE|I_NEW))
 			continue;
 		if (inode->i_mapping->nrpages == 0)
 			continue;
diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index 826fb0b..06aa5a1 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -356,6 +356,8 @@
 		if (tmp == head)
 			break;
 		inode = list_entry(tmp, struct inode, i_sb_list);
+		if (inode->i_state & I_NEW)
+			continue;
 		invalidate_inode_buffers(inode);
 		if (!atomic_read(&inode->i_count)) {
 			list_move(&inode->i_list, dispose);
diff --git a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify.c b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify.c
index 331f2e8..220c13f 100644
--- a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify.c
+++ b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify.c
@@ -380,6 +380,14 @@
 		struct list_head *watches;
 
 		/*
+		 * We cannot __iget() an inode in state I_CLEAR, I_FREEING,
+		 * I_WILL_FREE, or I_NEW which is fine because by that point
+		 * the inode cannot have any associated watches.
+		 */
+		if (inode->i_state & (I_CLEAR|I_FREEING|I_WILL_FREE|I_NEW))
+			continue;
+
+		/*
 		 * If i_count is zero, the inode cannot have any watches and
 		 * doing an __iget/iput with MS_ACTIVE clear would actually
 		 * evict all inodes with zero i_count from icache which is
@@ -388,14 +396,6 @@
 		if (!atomic_read(&inode->i_count))
 			continue;
 
-		/*
-		 * We cannot __iget() an inode in state I_CLEAR, I_FREEING, or
-		 * I_WILL_FREE which is fine because by that point the inode
-		 * cannot have any associated watches.
-		 */
-		if (inode->i_state & (I_CLEAR | I_FREEING | I_WILL_FREE))
-			continue;
-
 		need_iput_tmp = need_iput;
 		need_iput = NULL;
 		/* In case inotify_remove_watch_locked() drops a reference. */