diff --git a/src/main/connection.cpp b/src/main/connection.cpp
index 28d28643444..5fe82952e22 100644
--- a/src/main/connection.cpp
+++ b/src/main/connection.cpp
@@ -100,9 +100,6 @@ std::unique_ptr<PreparedStatement> Connection::prepareNoLock(
         auto statement = Parser::parseQuery(query);
         preparedStatement->preparedSummary.statementType = statement->getStatementType();
         preparedStatement->readOnly = parser::StatementReadWriteAnalyzer().isReadOnly(*statement);
-        if (database->systemConfig.readOnly && !preparedStatement->isReadOnly()) {
-            throw ConnectionException("Cannot execute write operations in a read-only database!");
-        }
         if (statement->getStatementType() != StatementType::TRANSACTION) {
             auto txContext = clientContext->transactionContext.get();
             if (txContext->isAutoTransaction()) {
@@ -114,6 +111,9 @@ std::unique_ptr<PreparedStatement> Connection::prepareNoLock(
             if (!clientContext->getTx()->isReadOnly()) {
                 database->catalog->initCatalogContentForWriteTrxIfNecessary();
                 database->storageManager->initStatistics();
+                if (database->systemConfig.readOnly) {
+                    throw ConnectionException("Cannot execute write operations in a read-only database!");
+                }
             }
         }
         // binding