diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index e9e9f09f5370..715327ac138e 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -2629,9 +2629,6 @@ static void ext4_orphan_cleanup(struct super_block *sb,
 		sb->s_flags &= ~SB_RDONLY;
 	}
 #ifdef CONFIG_QUOTA
-	/* Needed for iput() to work correctly and not trash data */
-	sb->s_flags |= SB_ACTIVE;
-
 	/*
 	 * Turn on quotas which were not enabled for read-only mounts if
 	 * filesystem has quota feature, so that they are updated correctly.