diff --git a/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_dquot.c b/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_dquot.c
index d68b4e1..ebdf3c8 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_dquot.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_dquot.c
@@ -1383,6 +1383,12 @@
 	mutex_unlock(&(dqp->q_qlock));
 }
 
+/*
+ * Lock two xfs_dquot structures.
+ *
+ * To avoid deadlocks we always lock the quota structure with
+ * the lowerd id first.
+ */
 void
 xfs_dqlock2(
 	xfs_dquot_t	*d1,
@@ -1392,18 +1398,16 @@
 		ASSERT(d1 != d2);
 		if (be32_to_cpu(d1->q_core.d_id) >
 		    be32_to_cpu(d2->q_core.d_id)) {
-			xfs_dqlock(d2);
-			xfs_dqlock(d1);
+			mutex_lock(&d2->q_qlock);
+			mutex_lock_nested(&d1->q_qlock, XFS_QLOCK_NESTED);
 		} else {
-			xfs_dqlock(d1);
-			xfs_dqlock(d2);
+			mutex_lock(&d1->q_qlock);
+			mutex_lock_nested(&d2->q_qlock, XFS_QLOCK_NESTED);
 		}
-	} else {
-		if (d1) {
-			xfs_dqlock(d1);
-		} else if (d2) {
-			xfs_dqlock(d2);
-		}
+	} else if (d1) {
+		mutex_lock(&d1->q_qlock);
+	} else if (d2) {
+		mutex_lock(&d2->q_qlock);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_dquot.h b/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_dquot.h
index 7e455337..d443e93 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_dquot.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_dquot.h
@@ -97,6 +97,16 @@
 #define dq_hashlist	q_lists.dqm_hashlist
 #define dq_flags	q_lists.dqm_flags
 
+/*
+ * Lock hierachy for q_qlock:
+ *	XFS_QLOCK_NORMAL is the implicit default,
+ * 	XFS_QLOCK_NESTED is the dquot with the higher id in xfs_dqlock2
+ */
+enum {
+	XFS_QLOCK_NORMAL = 0,
+	XFS_QLOCK_NESTED,
+};
+
 #define XFS_DQHOLD(dqp)		((dqp)->q_nrefs++)
 
 #ifdef DEBUG