diff --git a/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c b/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c
index b8cc28dc7c3a..8a9fe6d41360 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c
@@ -1132,6 +1132,7 @@ int btrfs_quota_enable(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 	fs_info->qgroup_flags = BTRFS_QGROUP_STATUS_FLAG_ON;
 	if (simple) {
 		fs_info->qgroup_flags |= BTRFS_QGROUP_STATUS_FLAG_SIMPLE_MODE;
+		btrfs_set_fs_incompat(fs_info, SIMPLE_QUOTA);
 		btrfs_set_qgroup_status_enable_gen(leaf, ptr, trans->transid);
 	} else {
 		fs_info->qgroup_flags |= BTRFS_QGROUP_STATUS_FLAG_INCONSISTENT;
@@ -1265,8 +1266,6 @@ out_add_root:
 	spin_lock(&fs_info->qgroup_lock);
 	fs_info->quota_root = quota_root;
 	set_bit(BTRFS_FS_QUOTA_ENABLED, &fs_info->flags);
-	if (simple)
-		btrfs_set_fs_incompat(fs_info, SIMPLE_QUOTA);
 	spin_unlock(&fs_info->qgroup_lock);
 
 	/* Skip rescan for simple qgroups. */