diff --git a/fs/isofs/inode.c b/fs/isofs/inode.c
index ad0c745..871c8b3 100644
--- a/fs/isofs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/isofs/inode.c
@@ -687,6 +687,11 @@
 	pri_bh = NULL;
 
 root_found:
+	/* We don't support read-write mounts */
+	if (!(s->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)) {
+		error = -EACCES;
+		goto out_freebh;
+	}
 
 	if (joliet_level && (pri == NULL || !opt.rock)) {
 		/* This is the case of Joliet with the norock mount flag.
@@ -1501,9 +1506,6 @@
 static struct dentry *isofs_mount(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
 	int flags, const char *dev_name, void *data)
 {
-	/* We don't support read-write mounts */
-	if (!(flags & MS_RDONLY))
-		return ERR_PTR(-EACCES);
 	return mount_bdev(fs_type, flags, dev_name, data, isofs_fill_super);
 }