diff --git a/block/commit.c b/block/commit.c
index a02539bacc1068834eb6d27861a59b4d521a9944..9f67a8b121576657f8cba49296c3c0415817290b 100644
--- a/block/commit.c
+++ b/block/commit.c
@@ -242,14 +242,14 @@ void commit_start(const char *job_id, BlockDriverState *bs,
     orig_overlay_flags = bdrv_get_flags(overlay_bs);
 
     /* convert base & overlay_bs to r/w, if necessary */
-    if (!(orig_overlay_flags & BDRV_O_RDWR)) {
-        reopen_queue = bdrv_reopen_queue(reopen_queue, overlay_bs, NULL,
-                                         orig_overlay_flags | BDRV_O_RDWR);
-    }
     if (!(orig_base_flags & BDRV_O_RDWR)) {
         reopen_queue = bdrv_reopen_queue(reopen_queue, base, NULL,
                                          orig_base_flags | BDRV_O_RDWR);
     }
+    if (!(orig_overlay_flags & BDRV_O_RDWR)) {
+        reopen_queue = bdrv_reopen_queue(reopen_queue, overlay_bs, NULL,
+                                         orig_overlay_flags | BDRV_O_RDWR);
+    }
     if (reopen_queue) {
         bdrv_reopen_multiple(reopen_queue, &local_err);
         if (local_err != NULL) {