diff --git a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
index d011b69ae8ae7b..a165bc257d2237 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
@@ -548,9 +548,17 @@ long ext4_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 	}
 
 	case EXT4_IOC_SWAP_BOOT:
+	{
+		int err;
 		if (!(filp->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE))
 			return -EBADF;
-		return swap_inode_boot_loader(sb, inode);
+		err = mnt_want_write_file(filp);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+		err = swap_inode_boot_loader(sb, inode);
+		mnt_drop_write_file(filp);
+		return err;
+	}
 
 	case EXT4_IOC_RESIZE_FS: {
 		ext4_fsblk_t n_blocks_count;