diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 5b7a15db4953..480f1f616e7b 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -6403,6 +6403,8 @@ static int ext4_try_to_expand_extra_isize(struct inode *inode,
 					  struct ext4_iloc iloc,
 					  handle_t *handle)
 {
+	if (sb_rdonly(inode->i_sb))
+		return 0;
 	int no_expand;
 	int error;