diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index 4d690e3..e58382d 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -459,8 +459,17 @@
 	if(res || !(mode & S_IWOTH) ||
 	   special_file(nd.path.dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
 		goto out_path_release;
-
-	if(IS_RDONLY(nd.path.dentry->d_inode))
+	/*
+	 * This is a rare case where using __mnt_is_readonly()
+	 * is OK without a mnt_want/drop_write() pair.  Since
+	 * no actual write to the fs is performed here, we do
+	 * not need to telegraph to that to anyone.
+	 *
+	 * By doing this, we accept that this access is
+	 * inherently racy and know that the fs may change
+	 * state before we even see this result.
+	 */
+	if (__mnt_is_readonly(nd.path.mnt))
 		res = -EROFS;
 
 out_path_release: