diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c b/fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c
index b413166..7b142f0 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c
@@ -60,10 +60,6 @@
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
-	status = -EROFS;
-	if (IS_RDONLY(inode))
-		goto bail_unlock;
-
 	status = -EACCES;
 	if (!is_owner_or_cap(inode))
 		goto bail_unlock;
@@ -134,8 +130,13 @@
 		if (get_user(flags, (int __user *) arg))
 			return -EFAULT;
 
-		return ocfs2_set_inode_attr(inode, flags,
+		status = mnt_want_write(filp->f_path.mnt);
+		if (status)
+			return status;
+		status = ocfs2_set_inode_attr(inode, flags,
 			OCFS2_FL_MODIFIABLE);
+		mnt_drop_write(filp->f_path.mnt);
+		return status;
 	case OCFS2_IOC_RESVSP:
 	case OCFS2_IOC_RESVSP64:
 	case OCFS2_IOC_UNRESVSP: