diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-thin-metadata.c b/drivers/md/dm-thin-metadata.c
index 029de3a4fc6d..a5ed59eafdc5 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-thin-metadata.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-thin-metadata.c
@@ -958,7 +958,7 @@ int dm_pool_metadata_close(struct dm_pool_metadata *pmd)
 	}
 
 	pmd_write_lock_in_core(pmd);
-	if (!dm_bm_is_read_only(pmd->bm) && !pmd->fail_io) {
+	if (!pmd->fail_io && !dm_bm_is_read_only(pmd->bm)) {
 		r = __commit_transaction(pmd);
 		if (r < 0)
 			DMWARN("%s: __commit_transaction() failed, error = %d",
diff --git a/drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-block-manager.c b/drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-block-manager.c
index 749ec268d957..54c089a50b15 100644
--- a/drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-block-manager.c
+++ b/drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-block-manager.c
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ int dm_bm_write_lock(struct dm_block_manager *bm,
 	void *p;
 	int r;
 
-	if (bm->read_only)
+	if (dm_bm_is_read_only(bm))
 		return -EPERM;
 
 	p = dm_bufio_read(bm->bufio, b, (struct dm_buffer **) result);
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ int dm_bm_write_lock_zero(struct dm_block_manager *bm,
 	struct buffer_aux *aux;
 	void *p;
 
-	if (bm->read_only)
+	if (dm_bm_is_read_only(bm))
 		return -EPERM;
 
 	p = dm_bufio_new(bm->bufio, b, (struct dm_buffer **) result);
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dm_bm_unlock);
 
 int dm_bm_flush(struct dm_block_manager *bm)
 {
-	if (bm->read_only)
+	if (dm_bm_is_read_only(bm))
 		return -EPERM;
 
 	return dm_bufio_write_dirty_buffers(bm->bufio);
@@ -616,19 +616,21 @@ void dm_bm_prefetch(struct dm_block_manager *bm, dm_block_t b)
 
 bool dm_bm_is_read_only(struct dm_block_manager *bm)
 {
-	return bm->read_only;
+	return (bm ? bm->read_only : true);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dm_bm_is_read_only);
 
 void dm_bm_set_read_only(struct dm_block_manager *bm)
 {
-	bm->read_only = true;
+	if (bm)
+		bm->read_only = true;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dm_bm_set_read_only);
 
 void dm_bm_set_read_write(struct dm_block_manager *bm)
 {
-	bm->read_only = false;
+	if (bm)
+		bm->read_only = false;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dm_bm_set_read_write);