diff --git a/fs/internal.h b/fs/internal.h
index a7cd0f64faa4ab..47be21dfeebef5 100644
--- a/fs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/internal.h
@@ -114,7 +114,9 @@ extern struct file *alloc_empty_file_noaccount(int, const struct cred *);
  */
 extern int reconfigure_super(struct fs_context *);
 extern bool trylock_super(struct super_block *sb);
+struct super_block *__get_super(struct block_device *bdev, bool excl);
 extern struct super_block *user_get_super(dev_t);
+void put_super(struct super_block *sb);
 extern bool mount_capable(struct fs_context *);
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/quota/quota.c b/fs/quota/quota.c
index 9af95c7a0bbe3c..f3d32b0d9008f2 100644
--- a/fs/quota/quota.c
+++ b/fs/quota/quota.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <linux/writeback.h>
 #include <linux/nospec.h>
 #include "compat.h"
+#include "../internal.h"
 
 static int check_quotactl_permission(struct super_block *sb, int type, int cmd,
 				     qid_t id)
@@ -868,6 +869,7 @@ static struct super_block *quotactl_block(const char __user *special, int cmd)
 	struct block_device *bdev;
 	struct super_block *sb;
 	struct filename *tmp = getname(special);
+	bool excl = false, thawed = false;
 
 	if (IS_ERR(tmp))
 		return ERR_CAST(tmp);
@@ -875,17 +877,32 @@ static struct super_block *quotactl_block(const char __user *special, int cmd)
 	putname(tmp);
 	if (IS_ERR(bdev))
 		return ERR_CAST(bdev);
-	if (quotactl_cmd_onoff(cmd))
-		sb = get_super_exclusive_thawed(bdev);
-	else if (quotactl_cmd_write(cmd))
-		sb = get_super_thawed(bdev);
-	else
-		sb = get_super(bdev);
+
+	if (quotactl_cmd_onoff(cmd)) {
+		excl = true;
+		thawed = true;
+	} else if (quotactl_cmd_write(cmd)) {
+		thawed = true;
+	}
+
+retry:
+	sb = __get_super(bdev, excl);
+	if (thawed && sb && sb->s_writers.frozen != SB_UNFROZEN) {
+		if (excl)
+			up_write(&sb->s_umount);
+		else
+			up_read(&sb->s_umount);
+		wait_event(sb->s_writers.wait_unfrozen,
+			   sb->s_writers.frozen == SB_UNFROZEN);
+		put_super(sb);
+		goto retry;
+	}
+
 	bdput(bdev);
 	if (!sb)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
-
 	return sb;
+
 #else
 	return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
 #endif
diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c
index 98bb0629ee108e..343e5c1e538d2a 100644
--- a/fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/super.c
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ static void __put_super(struct super_block *s)
  *	Drops a temporary reference, frees superblock if there's no
  *	references left.
  */
-static void put_super(struct super_block *sb)
+void put_super(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	spin_lock(&sb_lock);
 	__put_super(sb);
@@ -740,7 +740,7 @@ void iterate_supers_type(struct file_system_type *type,
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(iterate_supers_type);
 
-static struct super_block *__get_super(struct block_device *bdev, bool excl)
+struct super_block *__get_super(struct block_device *bdev, bool excl)
 {
 	struct super_block *sb;
 
@@ -789,53 +789,6 @@ struct super_block *get_super(struct block_device *bdev)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_super);
 
-static struct super_block *__get_super_thawed(struct block_device *bdev,
-					      bool excl)
-{
-	while (1) {
-		struct super_block *s = __get_super(bdev, excl);
-		if (!s || s->s_writers.frozen == SB_UNFROZEN)
-			return s;
-		if (!excl)
-			up_read(&s->s_umount);
-		else
-			up_write(&s->s_umount);
-		wait_event(s->s_writers.wait_unfrozen,
-			   s->s_writers.frozen == SB_UNFROZEN);
-		put_super(s);
-	}
-}
-
-/**
- *	get_super_thawed - get thawed superblock of a device
- *	@bdev: device to get the superblock for
- *
- *	Scans the superblock list and finds the superblock of the file system
- *	mounted on the device. The superblock is returned once it is thawed
- *	(or immediately if it was not frozen). %NULL is returned if no match
- *	is found.
- */
-struct super_block *get_super_thawed(struct block_device *bdev)
-{
-	return __get_super_thawed(bdev, false);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_super_thawed);
-
-/**
- *	get_super_exclusive_thawed - get thawed superblock of a device
- *	@bdev: device to get the superblock for
- *
- *	Scans the superblock list and finds the superblock of the file system
- *	mounted on the device. The superblock is returned once it is thawed
- *	(or immediately if it was not frozen) and s_umount semaphore is held
- *	in exclusive mode. %NULL is returned if no match is found.
- */
-struct super_block *get_super_exclusive_thawed(struct block_device *bdev)
-{
-	return __get_super_thawed(bdev, true);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_super_exclusive_thawed);
-
 /**
  * get_active_super - get an active reference to the superblock of a device
  * @bdev: device to get the superblock for
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 8667d0cdc71e76..a61df0dd4f1989 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1409,7 +1409,7 @@ enum {
 
 struct sb_writers {
 	int				frozen;		/* Is sb frozen? */
-	wait_queue_head_t		wait_unfrozen;	/* for get_super_thawed() */
+	wait_queue_head_t		wait_unfrozen;	/* wait for thaw */
 	struct percpu_rw_semaphore	rw_sem[SB_FREEZE_LEVELS];
 };
 
@@ -3132,8 +3132,6 @@ extern struct file_system_type *get_filesystem(struct file_system_type *fs);
 extern void put_filesystem(struct file_system_type *fs);
 extern struct file_system_type *get_fs_type(const char *name);
 extern struct super_block *get_super(struct block_device *);
-extern struct super_block *get_super_thawed(struct block_device *);
-extern struct super_block *get_super_exclusive_thawed(struct block_device *bdev);
 extern struct super_block *get_active_super(struct block_device *bdev);
 extern void drop_super(struct super_block *sb);
 extern void drop_super_exclusive(struct super_block *sb);
