diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/s3gateway/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/s3/endpoint/BucketEndpoint.java b/hadoop-ozone/s3gateway/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/s3/endpoint/BucketEndpoint.java
index e6530ad4335..e4f6dd1bf18 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/s3gateway/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/s3/endpoint/BucketEndpoint.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/s3gateway/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/s3/endpoint/BucketEndpoint.java
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ public MultiDeleteResponse multiDelete(@PathParam("bucket") String bucketName,
     MultiDeleteResponse result = new MultiDeleteResponse();
 
     // Check if the S3Gateway status is readonly
-    Optional<Response> checkResult = checkIfReadonly(false);
+    Optional<Response> checkResult = checkIfReadonly(true);
     if (checkResult.isPresent()) {
       Response res = checkResult.get();
       result.addError(new Error("", res.getStatusInfo().getReasonPhrase(),