diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 8f7a46d3abff..53d4c67a20df 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -389,7 +389,8 @@ 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);
 }
 
 /*