diff --git a/src/Storages/MergeTree/ReplicatedMergeTreeSink.cpp b/src/Storages/MergeTree/ReplicatedMergeTreeSink.cpp
index 9da29d0becf..dd1f750b493 100644
--- a/src/Storages/MergeTree/ReplicatedMergeTreeSink.cpp
+++ b/src/Storages/MergeTree/ReplicatedMergeTreeSink.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ namespace ErrorCodes
     extern const int DUPLICATE_DATA_PART;
     extern const int PART_IS_TEMPORARILY_LOCKED;
     extern const int LOGICAL_ERROR;
+    extern const int TABLE_IS_READ_ONLY;
 }
 
 struct ReplicatedMergeTreeSink::DelayedChunk
@@ -367,6 +368,16 @@ void ReplicatedMergeTreeSink::commitPart(
     retries_ctl.retryLoop([&]()
     {
         zookeeper->setKeeper(storage.getZooKeeper());
+        if (storage.is_readonly)
+        {
+            /// stop retries if in shutdown
+            if (storage.shutdown_called)
+                throw Exception(
+                    ErrorCodes::TABLE_IS_READ_ONLY, "Table is in readonly mode due to shutdown: replica_path={}", storage.replica_path);
+
+            retries_ctl.setUserError(ErrorCodes::TABLE_IS_READ_ONLY, "Table is in readonly mode: replica_path={}", storage.replica_path);
+            return;
+        }
 
         if (retries_ctl.isRetry())
         {
diff --git a/src/Storages/StorageReplicatedMergeTree.cpp b/src/Storages/StorageReplicatedMergeTree.cpp
index 860eed43c4f..ed20d60861b 100644
--- a/src/Storages/StorageReplicatedMergeTree.cpp
+++ b/src/Storages/StorageReplicatedMergeTree.cpp
@@ -4462,9 +4462,16 @@ void StorageReplicatedMergeTree::assertNotReadonly() const
 
 SinkToStoragePtr StorageReplicatedMergeTree::write(const ASTPtr & /*query*/, const StorageMetadataPtr & metadata_snapshot, ContextPtr local_context)
 {
-    const auto storage_settings_ptr = getSettings();
-    assertNotReadonly();
+    /// If table is read-only because it doesn't have metadata in zk yet, then it's not possible to insert into it
+    /// Without this check, we'll write data parts on disk, and afterwards will remove them since we'll fail to commit them into zk
+    /// In case of remote storage like s3, it'll generate unnecessary PUT requests
+    if (is_readonly && (!has_metadata_in_zookeeper.has_value() || false == has_metadata_in_zookeeper.value()))
+        throw Exception(
+            ErrorCodes::TABLE_IS_READ_ONLY,
+            "Table is in readonly mode since table metadata was not found in zookeeper: replica_path={}",
+            replica_path);
 
+    const auto storage_settings_ptr = getSettings();
     const Settings & query_settings = local_context->getSettingsRef();
     bool deduplicate = storage_settings_ptr->replicated_deduplication_window != 0 && query_settings.insert_deduplicate;