diff --git a/sys/ufs/ffs/ffs_vnops.c b/sys/ufs/ffs/ffs_vnops.c
index 77c5958347e..0e323f7598f 100644
--- a/sys/ufs/ffs/ffs_vnops.c
+++ b/sys/ufs/ffs/ffs_vnops.c
@@ -1358,6 +1358,9 @@ struct vop_closeextattr_args {
 	if (ap->a_vp->v_type == VCHR)
 		return (EOPNOTSUPP);
 
+	if (ap->a_commit && (ap->a_vp->v_mount->mnt_flag & MNT_RDONLY))
+		return (EROFS);
+
 	return (ffs_close_ea(ap->a_vp, ap->a_commit, ap->a_cred, ap->a_td));
 }
 
@@ -1392,6 +1395,9 @@ vop_deleteextattr {
 	if (strlen(ap->a_name) == 0)
 		return (EINVAL);
 
+	if (ap->a_vp->v_mount->mnt_flag & MNT_RDONLY)
+		return (EROFS);
+
 	error = extattr_check_cred(ap->a_vp, ap->a_attrnamespace,
 	    ap->a_cred, ap->a_td, IWRITE);
 	if (error) {
@@ -1613,6 +1619,9 @@ vop_setextattr {
 	if (ap->a_uio == NULL)
 		return (EOPNOTSUPP);
 
+	if (ap->a_vp->v_mount->mnt_flag & MNT_RDONLY)
+		return (EROFS);
+
 	error = extattr_check_cred(ap->a_vp, ap->a_attrnamespace,
 	    ap->a_cred, ap->a_td, IWRITE);
 	if (error) {