1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
index 29e30d832ec9..bae5c7b8bbe2 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
@@ -181,6 +181,9 @@ static struct btrfs_trans_handle *start_transaction(struct btrfs_root *root,
         struct btrfs_trans_handle *h;
         struct btrfs_transaction *cur_trans;
         int ret;
+
+        if (root->fs_info->fs_state & BTRFS_SUPER_FLAG_ERROR)
+                return ERR_PTR(-EROFS);
 again:
         h = kmem_cache_alloc(btrfs_trans_handle_cachep, GFP_NOFS);
         if (!h)