1 files changed, 15 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/util-linux/mount.c b/util-linux/mount.c
index 831dab9e2..5bc60de59 100644
--- a/util-linux/mount.c
+++ b/util-linux/mount.c
@@ -713,10 +713,12 @@ static int mount_it_now(struct mntent *mp, unsigned long vfsflags, char *filtero
                 errno = 0;
                 rc = verbose_mount(mp->mnt_fsname, mp->mnt_dir, mp->mnt_type,
                                 vfsflags, filteropts);
+                if (rc == 0)
+                        goto mtab; // success
 
-                // If mount failed, try
-                // helper program mount.<mnt_type>
-                if (HELPERS_ALLOWED && rc && mp->mnt_type) {
+                // mount failed, try helper program
+                // mount.<mnt_type>
+                if (HELPERS_ALLOWED && mp->mnt_type) {
                         char *args[8];
                         int errno_save = errno;
                         args[0] = xasprintf("mount.%s", mp->mnt_type);
@@ -734,13 +736,19 @@ static int mount_it_now(struct mntent *mp, unsigned long vfsflags, char *filtero
                         args[rc] = NULL;
                         rc = spawn_and_wait(args);
                         free(args[0]);
-                        if (!rc)
-                                break;
+                        if (rc == 0)
+                                goto mtab; // success
                         errno = errno_save;
                 }
 
-                if (!rc || (vfsflags & MS_RDONLY) || (errno != EACCES && errno != EROFS))
-                        break;
+                // Should we retry read-only mount?
+                if (vfsflags & MS_RDONLY)
+                        break;          // no, already was tried
+                if (option_mask32 & OPT_w)
+                        break;          // no, "mount -w" never falls back to RO
+                if (errno != EACCES && errno != EROFS)
+                        break;          // no, error isn't hinting that RO may work
+
                 if (!(vfsflags & MS_SILENT))
                         bb_error_msg("%s is write-protected, mounting read-only",
                                                 mp->mnt_fsname);