diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 55f2f0805..e243f9ff7 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ Bugfixes:
  - GB Audio: Clock frame events on DIV
  - GBA Timer: Fix timers sometimes being late (fixes mgba.io/i/1012)
  - GBA Hardware: Fix RTC overriding light sensor (fixes mgba.io/i/1069)
+ - GBA Savedata: Fix savedata modified time updating when read-only
 Misc:
  - GBA Timer: Use global cycles for timers
  - GBA: Extend oddly-sized ROMs to full address space (fixes mgba.io/i/722)
diff --git a/src/gba/savedata.c b/src/gba/savedata.c
index ec41c4eb9..92f7741cb 100644
--- a/src/gba/savedata.c
+++ b/src/gba/savedata.c
@@ -516,12 +516,14 @@ void GBASavedataClean(struct GBASavedata* savedata, uint32_t frameCount) {
 		if (savedata->maskWriteback) {
 			GBASavedataUnmask(savedata);
 		}
-		size_t size = GBASavedataSize(savedata);
-		savedata->dirty = 0;
-		if (savedata->data && savedata->vf->sync(savedata->vf, savedata->data, size)) {
-			mLOG(GBA_SAVE, INFO, "Savedata synced");
-		} else {
-			mLOG(GBA_SAVE, INFO, "Savedata failed to sync!");
+		if (savedata->mapMode & MAP_WRITE) {
+			size_t size = GBASavedataSize(savedata);
+			savedata->dirty = 0;
+			if (savedata->data && savedata->vf->sync(savedata->vf, savedata->data, size)) {
+				mLOG(GBA_SAVE, INFO, "Savedata synced");
+			} else {
+				mLOG(GBA_SAVE, INFO, "Savedata failed to sync!");
+			}
 		}
 	}
 }