diff --git a/src/journal/journald-server.c b/src/journal/journald-server.c
index a223f4fb2b..928e07104b 100644
--- a/src/journal/journald-server.c
+++ b/src/journal/journald-server.c
@@ -801,6 +801,14 @@ static bool shall_try_append_again(JournalFile *f, int r) {
                 log_debug("%s: Allocation limit reached, rotating.", f->path);
                 return true;
 
+        case -EROFS: /* Read-only file system */
+                /* When appending an entry fails if shall_try_append_again returns true, the journal is
+                 * rotated. If the FS is read-only, rotation will fail and s->system_journal will be set to
+                 * NULL. After that, when find_journal will try to open the journal since s->system_journal
+                 * will be NULL, it will open the runtime journal. */
+                log_ratelimit_warning(JOURNALD_LOG_RATELIMIT, "%s: Read-only file system, rotating.", f->path);
+                return true;
+
         case -EIO:             /* I/O error of some kind (mmap) */
                 log_ratelimit_warning(JOURNAL_LOG_RATELIMIT, "%s: IO error, rotating.", f->path);
                 return true;