diff --git a/fs/btrfs/xattr.c b/fs/btrfs/xattr.c
index 48858510739b..cd7ddf24157a 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/xattr.c
@@ -387,6 +387,9 @@ static int btrfs_xattr_handler_set(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
 				   const char *name, const void *buffer,
 				   size_t size, int flags)
 {
+	if (btrfs_root_readonly(BTRFS_I(inode)->root))
+		return -EROFS;
+
 	name = xattr_full_name(handler, name);
 	return btrfs_setxattr_trans(inode, name, buffer, size, flags);
 }