diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index 64c4fe8181f2..472e3b046406 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -1796,6 +1796,11 @@ struct block_device *blkdev_get_by_dev(dev_t dev, fmode_t mode, void *holder)
 	if (err)
 		return ERR_PTR(err);
 
+	if ((mode & FMODE_WRITE) && bdev_read_only(bdev)) {
+		blkdev_put(bdev, mode);
+		return ERR_PTR(-EACCES);
+	}
+
 	return bdev;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blkdev_get_by_dev);