--- e2fsck/unix.c	2012-09-22 20:57:14.000000000 -0400
+++ e2fsck/unix.c	2013-01-20 11:43:26.000000000 -0500
@@ -237,20 +237,19 @@
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * If the filesystem isn't mounted, or it's the root
-	 * filesystem and it's mounted read-only, and we're not doing
-	 * a read/write check, then everything's fine.
+	 * If the filesystem isn't mounted, or it's mounted read-only, and we're not 
+	 * doing a read/write check, then everything's fine.
 	 */
 	if ((!(ctx->mount_flags & (EXT2_MF_MOUNTED | EXT2_MF_BUSY))) ||
-	    ((ctx->mount_flags & EXT2_MF_ISROOT) &&
-	     (ctx->mount_flags & EXT2_MF_READONLY) &&
-	     !(ctx->options & E2F_OPT_WRITECHECK)))
-		return;
-
-	if (((ctx->options & E2F_OPT_READONLY) ||
-	     ((ctx->options & E2F_OPT_FORCE) &&
-	      (ctx->mount_flags & EXT2_MF_READONLY))) &&
-	    !(ctx->options & E2F_OPT_WRITECHECK)) {
+	    (((ctx->options & E2F_OPT_READONLY) ||
+	      (ctx->mount_flags & EXT2_MF_READONLY)) &&
+	     !(ctx->options & E2F_OPT_WRITECHECK))) {
+	        /*
+		 * If the filesystem isn't root and it is mounted, let's display a
+		 * warning
+		 */
+		if (!(ctx->mount_flags & EXT2_MF_ISROOT) &&
+		    (ctx->mount_flags & (EXT2_MF_MOUNTED | EXT2_MF_BUSY)))
 		log_out(ctx, _("Warning!  %s is %s.\n"),
 			ctx->filesystem_name,
 			ctx->mount_flags & EXT2_MF_MOUNTED ?
@@ -1256,8 +1255,7 @@
 		flags |= EXT2_FLAG_64BITS;
 	if ((ctx->options & E2F_OPT_READONLY) == 0) {
 		flags |= EXT2_FLAG_RW;
-		if (!(ctx->mount_flags & EXT2_MF_ISROOT &&
-		      ctx->mount_flags & EXT2_MF_READONLY))
+		if (!(ctx->mount_flags & EXT2_MF_READONLY))
 			flags |= EXT2_FLAG_EXCLUSIVE;
 		if ((ctx->mount_flags & EXT2_MF_READONLY) &&
 		    (ctx->options & E2F_OPT_FORCE))