diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index fddde5045d0c..51d642a95bd2 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -2006,8 +2006,9 @@ ext4_xattr_block_set(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 			else {
 				u32 ref;
 
+#ifdef EXT4_XATTR_DEBUG
 				WARN_ON_ONCE(dquot_initialize_needed(inode));
-
+#endif
 				/* The old block is released after updating
 				   the inode. */
 				error = dquot_alloc_block(inode,
@@ -2070,8 +2071,9 @@ ext4_xattr_block_set(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 			/* We need to allocate a new block */
 			ext4_fsblk_t goal, block;
 
+#ifdef EXT4_XATTR_DEBUG
 			WARN_ON_ONCE(dquot_initialize_needed(inode));
-
+#endif
 			goal = ext4_group_first_block_no(sb,
 						EXT4_I(inode)->i_block_group);
 			block = ext4_new_meta_blocks(handle, inode, goal, 0,