diff --git a/fs/ncpfs/ioctl.c b/fs/ncpfs/ioctl.c
index c67b4bdcf719..ad8f167e54bc 100644
--- a/fs/ncpfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ncpfs/ioctl.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <linux/ioctl.h>
 #include <linux/time.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/mount.h>
 #include <linux/highuid.h>
 #include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
@@ -261,7 +262,7 @@ ncp_get_charsets(struct ncp_server* server, struct ncp_nls_ioctl __user *arg)
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_NCPFS_NLS */
 
-int ncp_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp,
+static int __ncp_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp,
 	      unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
 	struct ncp_server *server = NCP_SERVER(inode);
@@ -822,6 +823,57 @@ outrel:
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
+static int ncp_ioctl_need_write(unsigned int cmd)
+{
+	switch (cmd) {
+	case NCP_IOC_GET_FS_INFO:
+	case NCP_IOC_GET_FS_INFO_V2:
+	case NCP_IOC_NCPREQUEST:
+	case NCP_IOC_SETDENTRYTTL:
+	case NCP_IOC_SIGN_INIT:
+	case NCP_IOC_LOCKUNLOCK:
+	case NCP_IOC_SET_SIGN_WANTED:
+		return 1;
+	case NCP_IOC_GETOBJECTNAME:
+	case NCP_IOC_SETOBJECTNAME:
+	case NCP_IOC_GETPRIVATEDATA:
+	case NCP_IOC_SETPRIVATEDATA:
+	case NCP_IOC_SETCHARSETS:
+	case NCP_IOC_GETCHARSETS:
+	case NCP_IOC_CONN_LOGGED_IN:
+	case NCP_IOC_GETDENTRYTTL:
+	case NCP_IOC_GETMOUNTUID2:
+	case NCP_IOC_SIGN_WANTED:
+	case NCP_IOC_GETROOT:
+	case NCP_IOC_SETROOT:
+		return 0;
+	default:
+		/* unkown IOCTL command, assume write */
+		return 1;
+	}
+}
+
+int ncp_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp,
+	      unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	if (ncp_ioctl_need_write(cmd)) {
+		/*
+		 * inside the ioctl(), any failures which
+		 * are because of file_permission() are
+		 * -EACCESS, so it seems consistent to keep
+		 *  that here.
+		 */
+		if (mnt_want_write(filp->f_path.mnt))
+			return -EACCES;
+	}
+	ret = __ncp_ioctl(inode, filp, cmd, arg);
+	if (ncp_ioctl_need_write(cmd))
+		mnt_drop_write(filp->f_path.mnt);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
 long ncp_compat_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {