diff --git a/fs/btrfs/send.c b/fs/btrfs/send.c
index 97417b5569a9..2e22da11e240 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/send.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/send.c
@@ -7381,7 +7381,7 @@ long btrfs_ioctl_send(struct file *mnt_file, struct btrfs_ioctl_send_args *arg)
 	sctx->flags = arg->flags;
 
 	sctx->send_filp = fget(arg->send_fd);
-	if (!sctx->send_filp) {
+	if (!sctx->send_filp || !(sctx->send_filp->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE)) {
 		ret = -EBADF;
 		goto out;
 	}