diff --git a/fs/btrfs/acl.c b/fs/btrfs/acl.c
index e55b686fe1ab..662cdd1cbdef 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/acl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/acl.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include "xattr.h"
 #include "acl.h"
 #include "misc.h"
+#include "btrfs_inode.h"
 
 struct posix_acl *btrfs_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type, bool rcu)
 {
@@ -107,6 +108,9 @@ int btrfs_set_acl(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct dentry *dentry,
 	struct inode *inode = d_inode(dentry);
 	umode_t old_mode = inode->i_mode;
 
+	if (btrfs_root_readonly(BTRFS_I(inode)->root))
+		return -EROFS;
+
 	if (type == ACL_TYPE_ACCESS && acl) {
 		ret = posix_acl_update_mode(idmap, inode,
 					    &inode->i_mode, &acl);