1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext3/super.c b/fs/ext3/super.c
index 8ab198133357..580b8a6ca979 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/super.c
@@ -1264,6 +1264,12 @@ static void ext3_orphan_cleanup (struct super_block * sb,
                 return;
         }
 
+        if (bdev_read_only(sb->s_bdev)) {
+                printk(KERN_ERR "EXT3-fs: write access "
+                        "unavailable, skipping orphan cleanup.\n");
+                return;
+        }
+
         if (EXT3_SB(sb)->s_mount_state & EXT3_ERROR_FS) {
                 if (es->s_last_orphan)
                         jbd_debug(1, "Errors on filesystem, "