diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/inode.c b/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
index dc2c65e..0f22fda 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
@@ -3076,9 +3076,10 @@
 	ia_valid = attr->ia_valid &= ~(ATTR_KILL_SUID|ATTR_KILL_SGID);
 
 	depth = reiserfs_write_lock_once(inode->i_sb);
-	if (attr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) {
+	if (is_quota_modification(inode, attr))
 		dquot_initialize(inode);
 
+	if (attr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) {
 		/* version 2 items will be caught by the s_maxbytes check
 		 ** done for us in vmtruncate
 		 */