diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c
index f78bc2215764..69c98cf32336 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c
@@ -780,7 +780,6 @@ xfs_setup_inode(
 	inode->i_ino = ip->i_ino;
 	inode->i_state = I_NEW|I_LOCK;
 	inode_add_to_lists(ip->i_mount->m_super, inode);
-	ASSERT(atomic_read(&inode->i_count) == 1);
 
 	inode->i_mode	= ip->i_d.di_mode;
 	inode->i_nlink	= ip->i_d.di_nlink;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.c
index fb5cca3df840..d12d31b86fa0 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.c
@@ -117,8 +117,9 @@ xfs_sync_inodes_ag(
 		}
 		read_unlock(&pag->pag_ici_lock);
 
-		/* bad inodes are dealt with elsewhere */
-		if (is_bad_inode(inode)) {
+		/* avoid new or bad inodes */
+		if (is_bad_inode(inode) ||
+		    xfs_iflags_test(ip, XFS_INEW)) {
 			IRELE(ip);
 			continue;
 		}
diff --git a/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_qm_syscalls.c b/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_qm_syscalls.c
index 2c57a6eaff36..68139b38aede 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_qm_syscalls.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_qm_syscalls.c
@@ -1080,6 +1080,12 @@ xfs_qm_dqrele_inodes_ag(
 		}
 		read_unlock(&pag->pag_ici_lock);
 
+		/* avoid new inodes though we shouldn't find any here */
+		if (xfs_iflags_test(ip, XFS_INEW)) {
+			IRELE(ip);
+			continue;
+		}
+
 		xfs_ilock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
 		if ((flags & XFS_UQUOTA_ACCT) && ip->i_udquot) {
 			xfs_qm_dqrele(ip->i_udquot);