diff --git a/src/libvirt-domain.c b/src/libvirt-domain.c
index 02fc4df45d..9491845758 100644
--- a/src/libvirt-domain.c
+++ b/src/libvirt-domain.c
@@ -10934,6 +10934,7 @@ virDomainGetTime(virDomainPtr dom,
     virResetLastError();
 
     virCheckDomainReturn(dom, -1);
+    virCheckReadOnlyGoto(dom->conn->flags, error);
 
     if (dom->conn->driver->domainGetTime) {
         int ret = dom->conn->driver->domainGetTime(dom, seconds,