diff --git a/fs/ext3/balloc.c b/fs/ext3/balloc.c
index a7fceaba87f1..a2038928f9a3 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/balloc.c
@@ -1440,14 +1440,14 @@ ext3_try_to_allocate_with_rsv(struct super_block *sb, handle_t *handle,
  *
  * Check if filesystem has at least 1 free block available for allocation.
  */
-static int ext3_has_free_blocks(struct ext3_sb_info *sbi)
+static int ext3_has_free_blocks(struct ext3_sb_info *sbi, int use_reservation)
 {
 	ext3_fsblk_t free_blocks, root_blocks;
 
 	free_blocks = percpu_counter_read_positive(&sbi->s_freeblocks_counter);
 	root_blocks = le32_to_cpu(sbi->s_es->s_r_blocks_count);
 	if (free_blocks < root_blocks + 1 && !capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE) &&
-		sbi->s_resuid != current_fsuid() &&
+		!use_reservation && sbi->s_resuid != current_fsuid() &&
 		(sbi->s_resgid == 0 || !in_group_p (sbi->s_resgid))) {
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -1468,7 +1468,7 @@ static int ext3_has_free_blocks(struct ext3_sb_info *sbi)
  */
 int ext3_should_retry_alloc(struct super_block *sb, int *retries)
 {
-	if (!ext3_has_free_blocks(EXT3_SB(sb)) || (*retries)++ > 3)
+	if (!ext3_has_free_blocks(EXT3_SB(sb), 0) || (*retries)++ > 3)
 		return 0;
 
 	jbd_debug(1, "%s: retrying operation after ENOSPC\n", sb->s_id);
@@ -1546,7 +1546,7 @@ ext3_fsblk_t ext3_new_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 	if (block_i && ((windowsz = block_i->rsv_window_node.rsv_goal_size) > 0))
 		my_rsv = &block_i->rsv_window_node;
 
-	if (!ext3_has_free_blocks(sbi)) {
+	if (!ext3_has_free_blocks(sbi, IS_NOQUOTA(inode))) {
 		*errp = -ENOSPC;
 		goto out;
 	}