diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-thin-metadata.c b/drivers/md/dm-thin-metadata.c
index 85077f4d257a704e385001b8116c5c97ac54b554..a6a5cee6b9430d3e45c7db50b216a0847628f083 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-thin-metadata.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-thin-metadata.c
@@ -901,7 +901,7 @@ int dm_pool_metadata_close(struct dm_pool_metadata *pmd)
 		return -EBUSY;
 	}
 
-	if (!dm_bm_is_read_only(pmd->bm) && !pmd->fail_io) {
+	if (!pmd->fail_io && !dm_bm_is_read_only(pmd->bm)) {
 		r = __commit_transaction(pmd);
 		if (r < 0)
 			DMWARN("%s: __commit_transaction() failed, error = %d",
diff --git a/drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-block-manager.c b/drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-block-manager.c
index 492a3f8ac1199b841215758119e4167b46d9b71e..0401daa0f7fbd03be2a32e37f568dcbce014ed59 100644
--- a/drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-block-manager.c
+++ b/drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-block-manager.c
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ int dm_bm_write_lock(struct dm_block_manager *bm,
 	void *p;
 	int r;
 
-	if (bm->read_only)
+	if (dm_bm_is_read_only(bm))
 		return -EPERM;
 
 	p = dm_bufio_read(bm->bufio, b, (struct dm_buffer **) result);
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ int dm_bm_write_lock_zero(struct dm_block_manager *bm,
 	struct buffer_aux *aux;
 	void *p;
 
-	if (bm->read_only)
+	if (dm_bm_is_read_only(bm))
 		return -EPERM;
 
 	p = dm_bufio_new(bm->bufio, b, (struct dm_buffer **) result);
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dm_bm_unlock);
 
 int dm_bm_flush(struct dm_block_manager *bm)
 {
-	if (bm->read_only)
+	if (dm_bm_is_read_only(bm))
 		return -EPERM;
 
 	return dm_bufio_write_dirty_buffers(bm->bufio);
@@ -617,19 +617,21 @@ void dm_bm_prefetch(struct dm_block_manager *bm, dm_block_t b)
 
 bool dm_bm_is_read_only(struct dm_block_manager *bm)
 {
-	return bm->read_only;
+	return (bm ? bm->read_only : true);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dm_bm_is_read_only);
 
 void dm_bm_set_read_only(struct dm_block_manager *bm)
 {
-	bm->read_only = true;
+	if (bm)
+		bm->read_only = true;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dm_bm_set_read_only);
 
 void dm_bm_set_read_write(struct dm_block_manager *bm)
 {
-	bm->read_only = false;
+	if (bm)
+		bm->read_only = false;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dm_bm_set_read_write);