diff --git a/drivers/block/rbd.c b/drivers/block/rbd.c
index 2f65798c40c059bc8eab5c4bd9030cabc6f98c64..978549d21f4f0d4bf75537ac2d4fd58a2827f0c6 100644
--- a/drivers/block/rbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/rbd.c
@@ -464,6 +464,7 @@ struct rbd_device {
 enum rbd_dev_flags {
 	RBD_DEV_FLAG_EXISTS,	/* mapped snapshot has not been deleted */
 	RBD_DEV_FLAG_REMOVING,	/* this mapping is being removed */
+	RBD_DEV_FLAG_READONLY,  /* -o ro or snapshot */
 };
 
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(client_mutex);	/* Serialize client creation */
@@ -514,6 +515,11 @@ static int minor_to_rbd_dev_id(int minor)
 	return minor >> RBD_SINGLE_MAJOR_PART_SHIFT;
 }
 
+static bool rbd_is_ro(struct rbd_device *rbd_dev)
+{
+	return test_bit(RBD_DEV_FLAG_READONLY, &rbd_dev->flags);
+}
+
 static bool rbd_is_snap(struct rbd_device *rbd_dev)
 {
 	return rbd_dev->spec->snap_id != CEPH_NOSNAP;
@@ -6843,6 +6849,8 @@ static int rbd_dev_probe_parent(struct rbd_device *rbd_dev, int depth)
 	__rbd_get_client(rbd_dev->rbd_client);
 	rbd_spec_get(rbd_dev->parent_spec);
 
+	__set_bit(RBD_DEV_FLAG_READONLY, &parent->flags);
+
 	ret = rbd_dev_image_probe(parent, depth);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto out_err;
@@ -6894,7 +6902,7 @@ static int rbd_dev_device_setup(struct rbd_device *rbd_dev)
 		goto err_out_blkdev;
 
 	set_capacity(rbd_dev->disk, rbd_dev->mapping.size / SECTOR_SIZE);
-	set_disk_ro(rbd_dev->disk, rbd_dev->opts->read_only);
+	set_disk_ro(rbd_dev->disk, rbd_is_ro(rbd_dev));
 
 	ret = dev_set_name(&rbd_dev->dev, "%d", rbd_dev->dev_id);
 	if (ret)
@@ -7084,6 +7092,11 @@ static ssize_t do_rbd_add(struct bus_type *bus,
 	spec = NULL;		/* rbd_dev now owns this */
 	rbd_opts = NULL;	/* rbd_dev now owns this */
 
+	/* if we are mapping a snapshot it will be a read-only mapping */
+	if (rbd_dev->opts->read_only ||
+	    strcmp(rbd_dev->spec->snap_name, RBD_SNAP_HEAD_NAME))
+		__set_bit(RBD_DEV_FLAG_READONLY, &rbd_dev->flags);
+
 	rbd_dev->config_info = kstrdup(buf, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!rbd_dev->config_info) {
 		rc = -ENOMEM;
@@ -7097,10 +7110,6 @@ static ssize_t do_rbd_add(struct bus_type *bus,
 		goto err_out_rbd_dev;
 	}
 
-	/* If we are mapping a snapshot it must be marked read-only */
-	if (rbd_is_snap(rbd_dev))
-		rbd_dev->opts->read_only = true;
-
 	if (rbd_dev->opts->alloc_size > rbd_dev->layout.object_size) {
 		rbd_warn(rbd_dev, "alloc_size adjusted to %u",
 			 rbd_dev->layout.object_size);