diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.c b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
index 21d797ccccd0..85af4694d676 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
@@ -1140,6 +1140,12 @@ int ocfs2_setattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct dentry *dentry,
 	if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode))
 		attr->ia_valid &= ~ATTR_SIZE;
 
+	if (ocfs2_is_hard_readonly(osb) || ocfs2_is_soft_readonly(osb)) {
+		status = -EROFS;
+		mlog_errno(status);
+		goto bail;
+	}
+
 #define OCFS2_VALID_ATTRS (ATTR_ATIME | ATTR_MTIME | ATTR_CTIME | ATTR_SIZE \
 			   | ATTR_GID | ATTR_UID | ATTR_MODE)
 	if (!(attr->ia_valid & OCFS2_VALID_ATTRS))