diff --git a/fs/ext2/ialloc.c b/fs/ext2/ialloc.c
index 74714af4ae69..e52765219e16 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/ialloc.c
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ struct inode *ext2_new_inode(struct inode *dir, int mode)
 	insert_inode_hash(inode);
 
 	if (DQUOT_ALLOC_INODE(inode)) {
-		err = -ENOSPC;
+		err = -EDQUOT;
 		goto fail_drop;
 	}