diff --git a/fs/ext2/super.c b/fs/ext2/super.c
index cb91baa4275d8150664e05d8a1877ca87fca4ff9..5e2861b947a63a0008daa0685ce805058478e772 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/super.c
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ void ext2_error(struct super_block *sb, const char *function,
 
 	if (test_opt(sb, ERRORS_PANIC))
 		panic("EXT2-fs: panic from previous error\n");
-	if (test_opt(sb, ERRORS_RO)) {
+	if (!sb_rdonly(sb) && test_opt(sb, ERRORS_RO)) {
 		ext2_msg(sb, KERN_CRIT,
 			     "error: remounting filesystem read-only");
 		sb->s_flags |= SB_RDONLY;