--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h	2022-08-08 18:33:25.799893400 +0800
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h	2022-08-08 18:40:22.348551400 +0800
@@ -441,6 +441,7 @@ struct flex_groups {
 #define EXT4_VERITY_FL			0x00100000 /* Verity protected inode */
 #define EXT4_EA_INODE_FL	        0x00200000 /* Inode used for large EA */
 /* 0x00400000 was formerly EXT4_EOFBLOCKS_FL */
+#define EXT4_EA_NOQUOTA_FL 		0x00800000 /* Create inode with S_NOQUOTA set */
 
 #define EXT4_DAX_FL			0x02000000 /* Inode is DAX */
 
--- a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c	2022-08-08 18:33:45.089849400 +0800
+++ b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c	2022-08-08 18:44:05.175154200 +0800
@@ -962,6 +962,8 @@ struct inode *__ext4_new_inode(struct us
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	ei = EXT4_I(inode);
 
+	if (i_flags & EXT4_EA_NOQUOTA_FL)
+		inode->i_flags |= S_NOQUOTA;
 	/*
 	 * Initialize owners and quota early so that we don't have to account
 	 * for quota initialization worst case in standard inode creating
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c	2022-08-08 18:33:07.849816600 +0800
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c	2022-08-08 18:57:36.782235000 +0800
@@ -1419,7 +1419,7 @@ static struct inode *ext4_xattr_inode_cr
 	 */
 	ea_inode = ext4_new_inode(handle, inode->i_sb->s_root->d_inode,
 				  S_IFREG | 0600, NULL, inode->i_ino + 1, owner,
-				  EXT4_EA_INODE_FL);
+				  EXT4_EA_INODE_FL | EXT4_EA_NOQUOTA_FL);
 	if (!IS_ERR(ea_inode)) {
 		ea_inode->i_op = &ext4_file_inode_operations;
 		ea_inode->i_fop = &ext4_file_operations;
@@ -1442,9 +1442,6 @@ static struct inode *ext4_xattr_inode_cr
 		 */
 		dquot_free_inode(ea_inode);
 		dquot_drop(ea_inode);
-		inode_lock(ea_inode);
-		ea_inode->i_flags |= S_NOQUOTA;
-		inode_unlock(ea_inode);
 	}
 
 	return ea_inode;