diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.c b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
index d77d71ead8d1..fcd970636bbf 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
@@ -185,6 +185,9 @@ static int ocfs2_sync_file(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end,
 			      file->f_path.dentry->d_name.name,
 			      (unsigned long long)datasync);
 
+	if (ocfs2_is_hard_readonly(osb) || ocfs2_is_soft_readonly(osb))
+		return -EROFS;
+
 	err = filemap_write_and_wait_range(inode->i_mapping, start, end);
 	if (err)
 		return err;