diff --git a/fs/btrfs/xattr.c b/fs/btrfs/xattr.c
index fccbf5567e78..783214344ac1 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/xattr.c
@@ -375,6 +375,9 @@ static int btrfs_xattr_handler_get(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
 				   struct dentry *unused, struct inode *inode,
 				   const char *name, void *buffer, size_t size)
 {
+	if (btrfs_root_readonly(BTRFS_I(inode)->root))
+		return -EROFS;
+
 	name = xattr_full_name(handler, name);
 	return __btrfs_getxattr(inode, name, buffer, size);
 }