diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index fbbd59e6d7e1..a3d5306d130d 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -693,18 +693,15 @@ static inline bool should_fail_request(struct block_device *part,
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_FAIL_MAKE_REQUEST */
 
-static inline bool bio_check_ro(struct bio *bio)
+static inline void bio_check_ro(struct bio *bio)
 {
 	if (op_is_write(bio_op(bio)) && bdev_read_only(bio->bi_bdev)) {
 		if (op_is_flush(bio->bi_opf) && !bio_sectors(bio))
-			return false;
+			return;
 		pr_warn("Trying to write to read-only block-device %pg\n",
 			bio->bi_bdev);
 		/* Older lvm-tools actually trigger this */
-		return false;
 	}
-
-	return false;
 }
 
 static noinline int should_fail_bio(struct bio *bio)
@@ -810,8 +807,7 @@ static noinline_for_stack bool submit_bio_checks(struct bio *bio)
 
 	if (should_fail_bio(bio))
 		goto end_io;
-	if (unlikely(bio_check_ro(bio)))
-		goto end_io;
+	bio_check_ro(bio);
 	if (!bio_flagged(bio, BIO_REMAPPED)) {
 		if (unlikely(bio_check_eod(bio)))
 			goto end_io;