diff --git a/src/libvirt-domain.c b/src/libvirt-domain.c
index ed16db3aabb33363c0eac95c860201f04f298dd0..a22c008242a5b55aaab2f1f3288d1dd40dcc65e2 100644
--- a/src/libvirt-domain.c
+++ b/src/libvirt-domain.c
@@ -11309,6 +11309,7 @@ virConnectGetDomainCapabilities(virConnectPtr conn,
     virResetLastError();
 
     virCheckConnectReturn(conn, NULL);
+    virCheckReadOnlyGoto(conn->flags, error);
 
     if (conn->driver->connectGetDomainCapabilities) {
         char *ret;