diff -rup linux-2.6.5.kgdb/fs/reiserfs/resize.c linux-2.6.5.kgdb.afs/fs/reiserfs/resize.c
--- linux-2.6.5.kgdb/fs/reiserfs/resize.c	2004-04-03 22:36:55.000000000 -0500
+++ linux-2.6.5.kgdb.afs/fs/reiserfs/resize.c	2004-04-19 10:28:53.692014416 -0400
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ int reiserfs_resize (struct super_block 
 	int i;
 	int copy_size ;
 
+	if (s->s_flags & MS_RDONLY) {
+		reiserfs_warning (s, "Can't resize read-only filesystem.");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	sb = SB_DISK_SUPER_BLOCK(s);
 
 	if (SB_BLOCK_COUNT(s) >= block_count_new) {
diff -rup linux-2.6.5.kgdb/fs/reiserfs/super.c linux-2.6.5.kgdb.afs/fs/reiserfs/super.c
--- linux-2.6.5.kgdb/fs/reiserfs/super.c	2004-04-17 13:32:13.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.5.kgdb.afs/fs/reiserfs/super.c	2004-04-19 10:30:02.897493584 -0400
@@ -890,12 +890,6 @@ static int reiserfs_remount (struct supe
 	  SB_JOURNAL_MAX_TRANS_AGE(s) = commit_max_age;
   }
 
-  if(blocks) {
-    int rc = reiserfs_resize(s, blocks);
-    if (rc != 0)
-      return rc;
-  }
-
   if (*mount_flags & MS_RDONLY) {
     reiserfs_xattr_init (s, *mount_flags);
     /* remount read-only */
@@ -944,6 +938,12 @@ static int reiserfs_remount (struct supe
     reiserfs_xattr_init (s, *mount_flags);
   }
 
+  if(blocks) {
+    int rc = reiserfs_resize(s, blocks);
+    if (rc != 0)
+      return rc;
+  }
+
   return 0;
 }