diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/segment.c b/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
index 9332f5ac6..91d3bb314 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
@@ -2561,6 +2561,9 @@ int nilfs_clean_segments(struct super_block *sb, struct nilfs_argv *argv,
 			break;
 
 		nilfs_warn(sb, "error %d cleaning segments", err);
+		if (unlikely(err == -EROFS))
+			break;
+
 		set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
 		schedule_timeout(sci->sc_interval);
 	}