diff --git a/fs/quota/quota.c b/fs/quota/quota.c
index b299961..b34bdb2 100644
--- a/fs/quota/quota.c
+++ b/fs/quota/quota.c
@@ -64,18 +64,15 @@
 }
 
 static int quota_quotaon(struct super_block *sb, int type, int cmd, qid_t id,
-		         void __user *addr)
+		         struct path *path)
 {
-	char *pathname;
-	int ret = -ENOSYS;
-
-	pathname = getname(addr);
-	if (IS_ERR(pathname))
-		return PTR_ERR(pathname);
-	if (sb->s_qcop->quota_on)
-		ret = sb->s_qcop->quota_on(sb, type, id, pathname);
-	putname(pathname);
-	return ret;
+	if (!sb->s_qcop->quota_on && !sb->s_qcop->quota_on_meta)
+		return -ENOSYS;
+	if (sb->s_qcop->quota_on_meta)
+		return sb->s_qcop->quota_on_meta(sb, type, id);
+	if (IS_ERR(path))
+		return PTR_ERR(path);
+	return sb->s_qcop->quota_on(sb, type, id, path);
 }
 
 static int quota_getfmt(struct super_block *sb, int type, void __user *addr)
@@ -241,7 +238,7 @@
 
 /* Copy parameters and call proper function */
 static int do_quotactl(struct super_block *sb, int type, int cmd, qid_t id,
-		       void __user *addr)
+		       void __user *addr, struct path *path)
 {
 	int ret;
 
@@ -256,7 +253,7 @@
 
 	switch (cmd) {
 	case Q_QUOTAON:
-		return quota_quotaon(sb, type, cmd, id, addr);
+		return quota_quotaon(sb, type, cmd, id, path);
 	case Q_QUOTAOFF:
 		if (!sb->s_qcop->quota_off)
 			return -ENOSYS;
@@ -335,6 +332,7 @@
 {
 	uint cmds, type;
 	struct super_block *sb = NULL;
+	struct path path, *pathp = NULL;
 	int ret;
 
 	cmds = cmd >> SUBCMDSHIFT;
@@ -351,12 +349,27 @@
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Path for quotaon has to be resolved before grabbing superblock
+	 * because that gets s_umount sem which is also possibly needed by path
+	 * resolution (think about autofs) and thus deadlocks could arise.
+	 */
+	if (cmds == Q_QUOTAON) {
+		ret = user_path_at(AT_FDCWD, addr, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, &path);
+		if (ret)
+			pathp = ERR_PTR(ret);
+		else
+			pathp = &path;
+	}
+
 	sb = quotactl_block(special);
 	if (IS_ERR(sb))
 		return PTR_ERR(sb);
 
-	ret = do_quotactl(sb, type, cmds, id, addr);
+	ret = do_quotactl(sb, type, cmds, id, addr, pathp);
 
 	drop_super(sb);
+	if (pathp && !IS_ERR(pathp))
+		path_put(pathp);
 	return ret;
 }