diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c
index 0c958cf7775880ce0a8004d38caa424887387edd..a1237dad6430b28221be1dc033f6f0a4e599f2cf 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c
@@ -155,13 +155,6 @@ xfs_ichgtime_fast(
 	 */
 	ASSERT((flags & XFS_ICHGTIME_ACC) == 0);
 
-	/*
-	 * We're not supposed to change timestamps in readonly-mounted
-	 * filesystems.  Throw it away if anyone asks us.
-	 */
-	if (unlikely(IS_RDONLY(inode)))
-		return;
-
 	if (flags & XFS_ICHGTIME_MOD) {
 		tvp = &inode->i_mtime;
 		ip->i_d.di_mtime.t_sec = (__int32_t)tvp->tv_sec;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_lrw.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_lrw.c
index 21c0dbc74093b2bcf62971d58ff3a6b0168d27f1..1ebd8004469c1d3a70a0afc0f8a34f8400ea5011 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_lrw.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_lrw.c
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 #include "xfs_vnodeops.h"
 
 #include <linux/capability.h>
+#include <linux/mount.h>
 #include <linux/writeback.h>
 
 
@@ -670,10 +671,16 @@ xfs_write(
 	if (new_size > xip->i_size)
 		xip->i_new_size = new_size;
 
-	if (likely(!(ioflags & IO_INVIS))) {
+	/*
+	 * We're not supposed to change timestamps in readonly-mounted
+	 * filesystems.  Throw it away if anyone asks us.
+	 */
+	if (likely(!(ioflags & IO_INVIS) &&
+		   !mnt_want_write(file->f_path.mnt))) {
 		file_update_time(file);
 		xfs_ichgtime_fast(xip, inode,
 				  XFS_ICHGTIME_MOD | XFS_ICHGTIME_CHG);
+		mnt_drop_write(file->f_path.mnt);
 	}
 
 	/*