diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/quota.h b/fs/ocfs2/quota.h
index 1f1c863..e2233d5 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/quota.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/quota.h
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 	unsigned int dqi_chunks;	/* Number of chunks in local quota file */
 	unsigned int dqi_blocks;	/* Number of blocks allocated for local quota file */
 	unsigned int dqi_syncms;	/* How often should we sync with other nodes */
+	unsigned int dqi_syncjiff;	/* Precomputed dqi_syncms in jiffies */
 	struct list_head dqi_chunk;	/* List of chunks */
 	struct inode *dqi_gqinode;	/* Global quota file inode */
 	struct ocfs2_lock_res dqi_gqlock;	/* Lock protecting quota information structure */
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@
 	struct buffer_head *dqi_lqi_bh;	/* Buffer head with local quota file inode */
 	struct buffer_head *dqi_ibh;	/* Buffer with information header */
 	struct qtree_mem_dqinfo dqi_gi;	/* Info about global file */
+	struct delayed_work dqi_sync_work;	/* Work for syncing dquots */
 };
 
 static inline struct ocfs2_dquot *OCFS2_DQUOT(struct dquot *dquot)
@@ -90,4 +92,7 @@
 extern struct dquot_operations ocfs2_quota_operations;
 extern struct quota_format_type ocfs2_quota_format;
 
+int ocfs2_quota_setup(void);
+void ocfs2_quota_shutdown(void);
+
 #endif /* _OCFS2_QUOTA_H */
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/quota_global.c b/fs/ocfs2/quota_global.c
index af8340c..adf5350 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/quota_global.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/quota_global.c
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 /*
  *  Implementation of operations over global quota file
  */
+#include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/quota.h>
 #include <linux/quotaops.h>
 #include <linux/dqblk_qtree.h>
+#include <linux/jiffies.h>
+#include <linux/writeback.h>
+#include <linux/workqueue.h>
 
 #define MLOG_MASK_PREFIX ML_QUOTA
 #include <cluster/masklog.h>
@@ -20,6 +24,10 @@
 #include "uptodate.h"
 #include "quota.h"
 
+static struct workqueue_struct *ocfs2_quota_wq = NULL;
+
+static void qsync_work_fn(struct work_struct *work);
+
 static void ocfs2_global_disk2memdqb(struct dquot *dquot, void *dp)
 {
 	struct ocfs2_global_disk_dqblk *d = dp;
@@ -313,6 +321,7 @@
 	info->dqi_bgrace = le32_to_cpu(dinfo.dqi_bgrace);
 	info->dqi_igrace = le32_to_cpu(dinfo.dqi_igrace);
 	oinfo->dqi_syncms = le32_to_cpu(dinfo.dqi_syncms);
+	oinfo->dqi_syncjiff = msecs_to_jiffies(oinfo->dqi_syncms);
 	oinfo->dqi_gi.dqi_blocks = le32_to_cpu(dinfo.dqi_blocks);
 	oinfo->dqi_gi.dqi_free_blk = le32_to_cpu(dinfo.dqi_free_blk);
 	oinfo->dqi_gi.dqi_free_entry = le32_to_cpu(dinfo.dqi_free_entry);
@@ -320,6 +329,10 @@
 	oinfo->dqi_gi.dqi_usable_bs = sb->s_blocksize -
 						OCFS2_QBLK_RESERVED_SPACE;
 	oinfo->dqi_gi.dqi_qtree_depth = qtree_depth(&oinfo->dqi_gi);
+	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&oinfo->dqi_sync_work, qsync_work_fn);
+	queue_delayed_work(ocfs2_quota_wq, &oinfo->dqi_sync_work,
+			   oinfo->dqi_syncjiff);
+
 out_err:
 	mlog_exit(status);
 	return status;
@@ -520,6 +533,61 @@
 }
 
 /*
+ *  Functions for periodic syncing of dquots with global file
+ */
+static int ocfs2_sync_dquot_helper(struct dquot *dquot, unsigned long type)
+{
+	handle_t *handle;
+	struct super_block *sb = dquot->dq_sb;
+	struct ocfs2_mem_dqinfo *oinfo = sb_dqinfo(sb, type)->dqi_priv;
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(sb);
+	int status = 0;
+
+	mlog_entry("id=%u qtype=%u type=%lu device=%s\n", dquot->dq_id,
+		   dquot->dq_type, type, sb->s_id);
+	if (type != dquot->dq_type)
+		goto out;
+	status = ocfs2_lock_global_qf(oinfo, 1);
+	if (status < 0)
+		goto out;
+
+	handle = ocfs2_start_trans(osb, OCFS2_QSYNC_CREDITS);
+	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
+		status = PTR_ERR(handle);
+		mlog_errno(status);
+		goto out_ilock;
+	}
+	mutex_lock(&sb_dqopt(sb)->dqio_mutex);
+	status = ocfs2_sync_dquot(dquot);
+	mutex_unlock(&sb_dqopt(sb)->dqio_mutex);
+	if (status < 0)
+		mlog_errno(status);
+	/* We have to write local structure as well... */
+	dquot_mark_dquot_dirty(dquot);
+	status = dquot_commit(dquot);
+	if (status < 0)
+		mlog_errno(status);
+	ocfs2_commit_trans(osb, handle);
+out_ilock:
+	ocfs2_unlock_global_qf(oinfo, 1);
+out:
+	mlog_exit(status);
+	return status;
+}
+
+static void qsync_work_fn(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_mem_dqinfo *oinfo = container_of(work,
+						      struct ocfs2_mem_dqinfo,
+						      dqi_sync_work.work);
+	struct super_block *sb = oinfo->dqi_gqinode->i_sb;
+
+	dquot_scan_active(sb, ocfs2_sync_dquot_helper, oinfo->dqi_type);
+	queue_delayed_work(ocfs2_quota_wq, &oinfo->dqi_sync_work,
+			   oinfo->dqi_syncjiff);
+}
+
+/*
  *  Wrappers for generic quota functions
  */
 
@@ -917,3 +985,20 @@
 	.alloc_dquot	= ocfs2_alloc_dquot,
 	.destroy_dquot	= ocfs2_destroy_dquot,
 };
+
+int ocfs2_quota_setup(void)
+{
+	ocfs2_quota_wq = create_workqueue("o2quot");
+	if (!ocfs2_quota_wq)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void ocfs2_quota_shutdown(void)
+{
+	if (ocfs2_quota_wq) {
+		flush_workqueue(ocfs2_quota_wq);
+		destroy_workqueue(ocfs2_quota_wq);
+		ocfs2_quota_wq = NULL;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/quota_local.c b/fs/ocfs2/quota_local.c
index 55c3f2f..40e82b4 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/quota_local.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/quota_local.c
@@ -368,6 +368,10 @@
 	int mark_clean = 1, len;
 	int status;
 
+	/* At this point we know there are no more dquots and thus
+	 * even if there's some sync in the pdflush queue, it won't
+	 * find any dquots and return without doing anything */
+	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&oinfo->dqi_sync_work);
 	iput(oinfo->dqi_gqinode);
 	ocfs2_simple_drop_lockres(OCFS2_SB(sb), &oinfo->dqi_gqlock);
 	ocfs2_lock_res_free(&oinfo->dqi_gqlock);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/super.c b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
index 7bb83e4..60f1d294 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
@@ -1107,11 +1107,16 @@
 		mlog(ML_ERROR, "Unable to create ocfs2 debugfs root.\n");
 	}
 
+	status = ocfs2_quota_setup();
+	if (status)
+		goto leave;
+
 	ocfs2_set_locking_protocol();
 
 	status = register_quota_format(&ocfs2_quota_format);
 leave:
 	if (status < 0) {
+		ocfs2_quota_shutdown();
 		ocfs2_free_mem_caches();
 		exit_ocfs2_uptodate_cache();
 	}
@@ -1128,6 +1133,8 @@
 {
 	mlog_entry_void();
 
+	ocfs2_quota_shutdown();
+
 	if (ocfs2_wq) {
 		flush_workqueue(ocfs2_wq);
 		destroy_workqueue(ocfs2_wq);