diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index a7d1921..fcc6580 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -4518,6 +4518,11 @@
 static int btrfs_update_time(struct inode *inode, struct timespec *now,
 			     int flags)
 {
+	struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(inode)->root;
+
+	if (btrfs_root_readonly(root))
+		return -EROFS;
+
 	if (flags & S_VERSION)
 		inode_inc_iversion(inode);
 	if (flags & S_CTIME)