1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/block/curl.c b/block/curl.c
index fabb2b4da7..db5d2bd8ef 100644
--- a/block/curl.c
+++ b/block/curl.c
@@ -684,10 +684,10 @@ static int curl_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags,
     const char *protocol_delimiter;
     int ret;
 
-
-    if (flags & BDRV_O_RDWR) {
-        error_setg(errp, "curl block device does not support writes");
-        return -EROFS;
+    ret = bdrv_apply_auto_read_only(bs, "curl driver does not support writes",
+                                    errp);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        return ret;
     }
 
     if (!libcurl_initialized) {