diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/IndexMetadataVerifier.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/IndexMetadataVerifier.java
index b8fa5102e12eb..05219d7f2c1a9 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/IndexMetadataVerifier.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/IndexMetadataVerifier.java
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ public static boolean isReadOnlySupportedVersion(
     ) {
         if (isReadOnlyCompatible(indexMetadata, minimumCompatible, minimumReadOnlyCompatible)) {
             assert isFullySupportedVersion(indexMetadata, minimumCompatible) == false : indexMetadata;
-            final boolean isReadOnly = hasIndexWritesBlock(indexMetadata);
+            final boolean isReadOnly = hasReadOnlyBlocks(indexMetadata);
             if (isReadOnly == false) {
                 throw new IllegalStateException(
                     "The index "
@@ -206,13 +206,16 @@ private static boolean isReadOnlyCompatible(
         return false;
     }
 
-    private static boolean hasIndexWritesBlock(IndexMetadata indexMetadata) {
+    private static boolean hasReadOnlyBlocks(IndexMetadata indexMetadata) {
         var indexSettings = indexMetadata.getSettings();
         if (IndexMetadata.INDEX_BLOCKS_WRITE_SETTING.get(indexSettings) || IndexMetadata.INDEX_READ_ONLY_SETTING.get(indexSettings)) {
             return indexMetadata.isSearchableSnapshot()
                 || indexMetadata.getCreationVersion().isLegacyIndexVersion()
                 || MetadataIndexStateService.VERIFIED_READ_ONLY_SETTING.get(indexSettings);
         }
+        if (indexMetadata.getState() == IndexMetadata.State.CLOSE) {
+            return MetadataIndexStateService.VERIFIED_BEFORE_CLOSE_SETTING.get(indexSettings);
+        }
         return false;
     }