diff --git a/fs/quota.c b/fs/quota.c
index db1cc9f3c7aa..7f4386ebc23a 100644
--- a/fs/quota.c
+++ b/fs/quota.c
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ static void quota_sync_sb(struct super_block *sb, int type)
 
 void sync_dquots(struct super_block *sb, int type)
 {
-	int cnt, dirty;
+	int cnt;
 
 	if (sb) {
 		if (sb->s_qcop->quota_sync)
@@ -198,11 +198,17 @@ void sync_dquots(struct super_block *sb, int type)
 restart:
 	list_for_each_entry(sb, &super_blocks, s_list) {
 		/* This test just improves performance so it needn't be reliable... */
-		for (cnt = 0, dirty = 0; cnt < MAXQUOTAS; cnt++)
-			if ((type == cnt || type == -1) && sb_has_quota_enabled(sb, cnt)
-			    && info_any_dirty(&sb_dqopt(sb)->info[cnt]))
-				dirty = 1;
-		if (!dirty)
+		for (cnt = 0; cnt < MAXQUOTAS; cnt++) {
+			if (type != -1 && type != cnt)
+				continue;
+			if (!sb_has_quota_enabled(sb, cnt))
+				continue;
+			if (!info_dirty(&sb_dqopt(sb)->info[cnt]) &&
+			    list_empty(&sb_dqopt(sb)->info[cnt].dqi_dirty_list))
+				continue;
+			break;
+		}
+		if (cnt == MAXQUOTAS)
 			continue;
 		sb->s_count++;
 		spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
diff --git a/include/linux/quota.h b/include/linux/quota.h
index dcddfb200947..6f1d97ddf828 100644
--- a/include/linux/quota.h
+++ b/include/linux/quota.h
@@ -224,8 +224,6 @@ struct super_block;
 
 extern void mark_info_dirty(struct super_block *sb, int type);
 #define info_dirty(info) test_bit(DQF_INFO_DIRTY_B, &(info)->dqi_flags)
-#define info_any_dquot_dirty(info) (!list_empty(&(info)->dqi_dirty_list))
-#define info_any_dirty(info) (info_dirty(info) || info_any_dquot_dirty(info))
 
 #define sb_dqopt(sb) (&(sb)->s_dquot)
 #define sb_dqinfo(sb, type) (sb_dqopt(sb)->info+(type))