diff --git a/py/objarray.c b/py/objarray.c
index 1b590f3c0..a84a63151 100644
--- a/py/objarray.c
+++ b/py/objarray.c
@@ -418,6 +418,10 @@ STATIC mp_obj_t array_subscr(mp_obj_t self_in, mp_obj_t index_in, mp_obj_t value
                 uint8_t* dest_items = o->items;
                 #if MICROPY_PY_BUILTINS_MEMORYVIEW
                 if (o->base.type == &mp_type_memoryview) {
+                    if ((o->typecode & 0x80) == 0) {
+                        // store to read-only memoryview not allowed
+                        return MP_OBJ_NULL;
+                    }
                     if (len_adj != 0) {
                         goto compat_error;
                     }
diff --git a/tests/basics/memoryview1.py b/tests/basics/memoryview1.py
index 019a1179f..a771acdda 100644
--- a/tests/basics/memoryview1.py
+++ b/tests/basics/memoryview1.py
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ try:
     m[0] = 1
 except TypeError:
     print("TypeError")
+try:
+    m[0:2] = b'00'
+except TypeError:
+    print("TypeError")
 
 # test writing to bytearray
 b = bytearray(b)