diff --git a/src/libvirt-domain.c b/src/libvirt-domain.c
index 8a5d4c2c6643c4d528dbb2ff12a2823b0b367198..920ff87fb99c450ba914224c1a7761f25ac01549 100644
--- a/src/libvirt-domain.c
+++ b/src/libvirt-domain.c
@@ -11213,6 +11213,7 @@ virConnectGetDomainCapabilities(virConnectPtr conn,
     virResetLastError();
 
     virCheckConnectReturn(conn, NULL);
+    virCheckReadOnlyGoto(conn->flags, error);
 
     if (conn->driver->connectGetDomainCapabilities) {
         char *ret;