diff --git a/fs/quota/Kconfig b/fs/quota/Kconfig
index 3e21b1e2ad3a..880fd9884366 100644
--- a/fs/quota/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/quota/Kconfig
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 config QUOTA
 	bool "Quota support"
+	select QUOTACTL
 	help
 	  If you say Y here, you will be able to set per user limits for disk
 	  usage (also called disk quotas). Currently, it works for the
@@ -65,8 +66,7 @@ config QFMT_V2
 
 config QUOTACTL
 	bool
-	depends on XFS_QUOTA || QUOTA
-	default y
+	default n
 
 config QUOTACTL_COMPAT
 	bool
diff --git a/fs/xfs/Kconfig b/fs/xfs/Kconfig
index 480f28127f09..6100ec0fa1d4 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/xfs/Kconfig
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ config XFS_FS
 config XFS_QUOTA
 	bool "XFS Quota support"
 	depends on XFS_FS
+	select QUOTACTL
 	help
 	  If you say Y here, you will be able to set limits for disk usage on
 	  a per user and/or a per group basis under XFS.  XFS considers quota