diff --git a/fs/ext3/super.c b/fs/ext3/super.c
index 85c8cc8..0d62f29 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/super.c
@@ -1464,6 +1464,13 @@
 		return;
 	}
 
+	/* Check if feature set allows readwrite operations */
+	if (EXT3_HAS_RO_COMPAT_FEATURE(sb, ~EXT3_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_SUPP)) {
+		ext3_msg(sb, KERN_INFO, "Skipping orphan cleanup due to "
+			 "unknown ROCOMPAT features");
+		return;
+	}
+
 	if (EXT3_SB(sb)->s_mount_state & EXT3_ERROR_FS) {
 		if (es->s_last_orphan)
 			jbd_debug(1, "Errors on filesystem, "