diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index cc8c738480e8..bf949fcc970a 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -388,7 +388,8 @@ static void save_error_info(struct super_block *sb, const char *func,
 			    unsigned int line)
 {
 	__save_error_info(sb, func, line);
-	ext4_commit_super(sb, 1);
+	if (!bdev_read_only(sb->s_bdev))
+		ext4_commit_super(sb, 1);
 }
 
 /*