diff --git a/pkg/lisafs/handlers.go b/pkg/lisafs/handlers.go
index 9e22a6cb0b..aa1b1facda 100644
--- a/pkg/lisafs/handlers.go
+++ b/pkg/lisafs/handlers.go
@@ -1108,6 +1108,9 @@ func ConnectWithCredsHandler(c *Connection, comm Communicator, payloadLen uint32
 
 // BindAtHandler handles the BindAt RPC.
 func BindAtHandler(c *Connection, comm Communicator, payloadLen uint32) (uint32, error) {
+	if c.readonly {
+		return 0, unix.EROFS
+	}
 	var req BindAtReq
 	if _, ok := req.CheckedUnmarshal(comm.PayloadBuf(payloadLen)); !ok {
 		return 0, unix.EIO