diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 8dfb42e380ea..d9466a508414 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -3732,7 +3732,8 @@ static int ext4_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 		goto failed_mount4;
 	}
 
-	ext4_setup_super(sb, es, sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY);
+	if (ext4_setup_super(sb, es, sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY))
+		sb->s_flags |= MS_RDONLY;
 
 	/* determine the minimum size of new large inodes, if present */
 	if (sbi->s_inode_size > EXT4_GOOD_OLD_INODE_SIZE) {