diff --git a/core/common/src/main/java/alluxio/underfs/BaseUnderFileSystem.java b/core/common/src/main/java/alluxio/underfs/BaseUnderFileSystem.java
index 33fa575bb0c6..b72f97eda6dd 100644
--- a/core/common/src/main/java/alluxio/underfs/BaseUnderFileSystem.java
+++ b/core/common/src/main/java/alluxio/underfs/BaseUnderFileSystem.java
@@ -124,11 +124,9 @@ public AlluxioURI resolveUri(AlluxioURI ufsBaseUri, String alluxioPath) {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Check whether the {@link UnderFileSystem} is mounted read-only.
-   *
-   * @return whether the Object UFS is mounted read-only
+   * @return whether only read operations are permitted to the {@link UnderFileSystem}
    */
-  protected boolean isMountReadOnly() {
+  protected boolean isReadOnly() {
     return mUfsConf.isReadOnly();
   }
 
diff --git a/core/common/src/main/java/alluxio/underfs/ObjectUnderFileSystem.java b/core/common/src/main/java/alluxio/underfs/ObjectUnderFileSystem.java
index fbeec09cc830..12676e795159 100644
--- a/core/common/src/main/java/alluxio/underfs/ObjectUnderFileSystem.java
+++ b/core/common/src/main/java/alluxio/underfs/ObjectUnderFileSystem.java
@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ protected ObjectListingChunk getObjectListingChunkForPath(String path, boolean r
     if (objs != null && ((objs.getObjectStatuses() != null && objs.getObjectStatuses().length > 0)
         || (objs.getCommonPrefixes() != null && objs.getCommonPrefixes().length > 0))) {
       // If the breadcrumb exists, this is a no-op
-      if (!isMountReadOnly()) {
+      if (!isReadOnly()) {
         mkdirsInternal(dir);
       }
       return objs;
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ protected UfsStatus[] listInternal(String path, ListOptions options) throws IOEx
           child = childNameIndex != -1 ? child.substring(0, childNameIndex) : child;
           if (!child.isEmpty() && !children.containsKey(child)) {
             // This directory has not been created through Alluxio.
-            if (!isMountReadOnly()) {
+            if (!isReadOnly()) {
               mkdirsInternal(commonPrefix);
             }
             // If both a file and a directory existed with the same name, the path will be