diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index ac1e8686ba7815074adc50dc9ac7c66a04165df2..0be58b5a320cfca5a75d9929c85244e01f922cf7 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -2496,6 +2496,8 @@ int btrfs_init_new_device(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, const char *device_path
 	return ret;
 
 error_trans:
+	if (seeding_dev)
+		sb->s_flags |= MS_RDONLY;
 	btrfs_end_transaction(trans);
 	rcu_string_free(device->name);
 	btrfs_sysfs_rm_device_link(fs_info->fs_devices, device);