diff --git a/fs/xfs/scrub/quota_repair.c b/fs/xfs/scrub/quota_repair.c
index ca3ac6728339..5c22bb6ccffa 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/scrub/quota_repair.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/scrub/quota_repair.c
@@ -363,11 +363,18 @@ xrep_quota_block(
 				ddq->d_rtbcount, &ddq->d_rtbtimer,
 				defq->rtb.time);
 
+		/*
+		 * This transaction operates on raw disk buffers, so we don't
+		 * have a dquot log item to assign the LSN for us.  Instead,
+		 * set it to zero so that log recovery will always replay any
+		 * logged dquot item atop this buffer.
+		 */
+		dqblk->dd_lsn = 0;
+
 		/* We only support v5 filesystems so always set these. */
 		uuid_copy(&dqblk->dd_uuid, &sc->mp->m_sb.sb_meta_uuid);
 		xfs_update_cksum((char *)dqblk, sizeof(struct xfs_dqblk),
 				 XFS_DQUOT_CRC_OFF);
-		dqblk->dd_lsn = 0;
 	}
 	switch (dqtype) {
 	case XFS_DQTYPE_USER: