diff --git a/fs/xfs/scrub/quotacheck.c b/fs/xfs/scrub/quotacheck.c
index 20220afd90f1..d412a8359784 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/scrub/quotacheck.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/scrub/quotacheck.c
@@ -563,6 +563,7 @@ xqcheck_compare_dquot(
 		return -ECANCELED;
 	}
 
+	mutex_lock(&dq->q_qlock);
 	mutex_lock(&xqc->lock);
 	error = xfarray_load_sparse(counts, dq->q_id, &xcdq);
 	if (error)
@@ -589,7 +590,9 @@ xqcheck_compare_dquot(
 		xchk_set_incomplete(xqc->sc);
 		error = -ECANCELED;
 	}
+out_unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&xqc->lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&dq->q_qlock);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
@@ -597,10 +600,6 @@ xqcheck_compare_dquot(
 		return -ECANCELED;
 
 	return 0;
-
-out_unlock:
-	mutex_unlock(&xqc->lock);
-	return error;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -635,9 +634,7 @@ xqcheck_walk_observations(
 		if (error)
 			return error;
 
-		mutex_lock(&dq->q_qlock);
 		error = xqcheck_compare_dquot(xqc, dqtype, dq);
-		mutex_unlock(&dq->q_qlock);
 		xfs_qm_dqrele(dq);
 		if (error)
 			return error;
@@ -675,9 +672,7 @@ xqcheck_compare_dqtype(
 	/* Compare what we observed against the actual dquots. */
 	xchk_dqiter_init(&cursor, sc, dqtype);
 	while ((error = xchk_dquot_iter(&cursor, &dq)) == 1) {
-		mutex_lock(&dq->q_qlock);
 		error = xqcheck_compare_dquot(xqc, dqtype, dq);
-		mutex_unlock(&dq->q_qlock);
 		xfs_qm_dqrele(dq);
 		if (error)
 			break;