diff --git a/fs/udf/super.c b/fs/udf/super.c
index b997e3116e37..be934bcfa24b 100644
--- a/fs/udf/super.c
+++ b/fs/udf/super.c
@@ -985,12 +985,62 @@ static struct udf_bitmap *udf_sb_alloc_bitmap(struct super_block *sb, u32 index)
 	return bitmap;
 }
 
+static int check_partition_desc(struct super_block *sb,
+				struct partitionDesc *p,
+				struct udf_part_map *map)
+{
+	bool umap, utable, fmap, ftable;
+	struct partitionHeaderDesc *phd;
+
+	switch (le32_to_cpu(p->accessType)) {
+	case PD_ACCESS_TYPE_READ_ONLY:
+	case PD_ACCESS_TYPE_WRITE_ONCE:
+	case PD_ACCESS_TYPE_REWRITABLE:
+	case PD_ACCESS_TYPE_NONE:
+		goto force_ro;
+	}
+
+	/* No Partition Header Descriptor? */
+	if (strcmp(p->partitionContents.ident, PD_PARTITION_CONTENTS_NSR02) &&
+	    strcmp(p->partitionContents.ident, PD_PARTITION_CONTENTS_NSR03))
+		goto force_ro;
+
+	phd = (struct partitionHeaderDesc *)p->partitionContentsUse;
+	utable = phd->unallocSpaceTable.extLength;
+	umap = phd->unallocSpaceBitmap.extLength;
+	ftable = phd->freedSpaceTable.extLength;
+	fmap = phd->freedSpaceBitmap.extLength;
+
+	/* No allocation info? */
+	if (!utable && !umap && !ftable && !fmap)
+		goto force_ro;
+
+	/* We don't support blocks that require erasing before overwrite */
+	if (ftable || fmap)
+		goto force_ro;
+	/* UDF 2.60: 2.3.3 - no mixing of tables & bitmaps, no VAT. */
+	if (utable && umap)
+		goto force_ro;
+
+	if (map->s_partition_type == UDF_VIRTUAL_MAP15 ||
+	    map->s_partition_type == UDF_VIRTUAL_MAP20)
+		goto force_ro;
+
+	return 0;
+force_ro:
+	if (!sb_rdonly(sb))
+		return -EACCES;
+	UDF_SET_FLAG(sb, UDF_FLAG_RW_INCOMPAT);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int udf_fill_partdesc_info(struct super_block *sb,
 		struct partitionDesc *p, int p_index)
 {
 	struct udf_part_map *map;
 	struct udf_sb_info *sbi = UDF_SB(sb);
 	struct partitionHeaderDesc *phd;
+	int err;
 
 	map = &sbi->s_partmaps[p_index];
 
@@ -1010,8 +1060,16 @@ static int udf_fill_partdesc_info(struct super_block *sb,
 		  p_index, map->s_partition_type,
 		  map->s_partition_root, map->s_partition_len);
 
-	if (strcmp(p->partitionContents.ident, PD_PARTITION_CONTENTS_NSR02) &&
-	    strcmp(p->partitionContents.ident, PD_PARTITION_CONTENTS_NSR03))
+	err = check_partition_desc(sb, p, map);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	/*
+	 * Skip loading allocation info it we cannot ever write to the fs.
+	 * This is a correctness thing as we may have decided to force ro mount
+	 * to avoid allocation info we don't support.
+	 */
+	if (UDF_QUERY_FLAG(sb, UDF_FLAG_RW_INCOMPAT))
 		return 0;
 
 	phd = (struct partitionHeaderDesc *)p->partitionContentsUse;
@@ -1047,9 +1105,6 @@ static int udf_fill_partdesc_info(struct super_block *sb,
 			  p_index, bitmap->s_extPosition);
 	}
 
-	if (phd->partitionIntegrityTable.extLength)
-		udf_debug("partitionIntegrityTable (part %d)\n", p_index);
-
 	if (phd->freedSpaceTable.extLength) {
 		struct kernel_lb_addr loc = {
 			.logicalBlockNum = le32_to_cpu(