diff --git a/crates/cli/commands/src/common.rs b/crates/cli/commands/src/common.rs
index 956a63a5aa..49fee347ed 100644
--- a/crates/cli/commands/src/common.rs
+++ b/crates/cli/commands/src/common.rs
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ impl<C: ChainSpecParser<ChainSpec: EthChainSpec + EthereumHardforks>> Environmen
             .static_file_provider()
             .check_consistency(&factory.provider()?, has_receipt_pruning)?
         {
-            if factory.db_ref().is_read_only() {
+            if factory.db_ref().is_read_only()? {
                 warn!(target: "reth::cli", ?unwind_target, "Inconsistent storage. Restart node to heal.");
                 return Ok(factory)
             }
diff --git a/crates/storage/libmdbx-rs/src/environment.rs b/crates/storage/libmdbx-rs/src/environment.rs
index edf9321ace..480f5aaab6 100644
--- a/crates/storage/libmdbx-rs/src/environment.rs
+++ b/crates/storage/libmdbx-rs/src/environment.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use crate::{
     flags::EnvironmentFlags,
     transaction::{RO, RW},
     txn_manager::{TxnManager, TxnManagerMessage, TxnPtr},
-    Transaction, TransactionKind,
+    Mode, SyncMode, Transaction, TransactionKind,
 };
 use byteorder::{ByteOrder, NativeEndian};
 use mem::size_of;
@@ -72,14 +72,14 @@ impl Environment {
 
     /// Returns true if the environment was opened in [`crate::Mode::ReadWrite`] mode.
     #[inline]
-    pub fn is_read_write(&self) -> bool {
-        self.inner.env_kind.is_write_map()
+    pub fn is_read_write(&self) -> Result<bool> {
+        Ok(!self.is_read_only()?)
     }
 
     /// Returns true if the environment was opened in [`crate::Mode::ReadOnly`] mode.
     #[inline]
-    pub fn is_read_only(&self) -> bool {
-        !self.inner.env_kind.is_write_map()
+    pub fn is_read_only(&self) -> Result<bool> {
+        Ok(matches!(self.info()?.mode(), Mode::ReadOnly))
     }
 
     /// Returns the transaction manager.
@@ -425,6 +425,23 @@ impl Info {
             fsync: self.0.mi_pgop_stat.fsync,
         }
     }
+
+    /// Return the mode of the database
+    #[inline]
+    pub const fn mode(&self) -> Mode {
+        let mode = self.0.mi_mode;
+        if (mode & ffi::MDBX_RDONLY) != 0 {
+            Mode::ReadOnly
+        } else if (mode & ffi::MDBX_UTTERLY_NOSYNC) != 0 {
+            Mode::ReadWrite { sync_mode: SyncMode::UtterlyNoSync }
+        } else if (mode & ffi::MDBX_NOMETASYNC) != 0 {
+            Mode::ReadWrite { sync_mode: SyncMode::NoMetaSync }
+        } else if (mode & ffi::MDBX_SAFE_NOSYNC) != 0 {
+            Mode::ReadWrite { sync_mode: SyncMode::SafeNoSync }
+        } else {
+            Mode::ReadWrite { sync_mode: SyncMode::Durable }
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 impl fmt::Debug for Environment {
@@ -781,15 +798,14 @@ impl EnvironmentBuilder {
     }
 
     /// Sets the interprocess/shared threshold to force flush the data buffers to disk, if
-    /// [`SyncMode::SafeNoSync`](crate::flags::SyncMode::SafeNoSync) is used.
+    /// [`SyncMode::SafeNoSync`] is used.
     pub fn set_sync_bytes(&mut self, v: usize) -> &mut Self {
         self.sync_bytes = Some(v as u64);
         self
     }
 
     /// Sets the interprocess/shared relative period since the last unsteady commit to force flush
-    /// the data buffers to disk, if [`SyncMode::SafeNoSync`](crate::flags::SyncMode::SafeNoSync) is
-    /// used.
+    /// the data buffers to disk, if [`SyncMode::SafeNoSync`] is used.
     pub fn set_sync_period(&mut self, v: Duration) -> &mut Self {
         // For this option, mdbx uses units of 1/65536 of a second.
         let as_mdbx_units = (v.as_secs_f64() * 65536f64) as u64;
diff --git a/crates/storage/libmdbx-rs/src/transaction.rs b/crates/storage/libmdbx-rs/src/transaction.rs
index 88236ebe99..84b2dabc90 100644
--- a/crates/storage/libmdbx-rs/src/transaction.rs
+++ b/crates/storage/libmdbx-rs/src/transaction.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use crate::{
     txn_manager::{TxnManagerMessage, TxnPtr},
     Cursor, Error, Stat, TableObject,
 };
-use ffi::{mdbx_txn_renew, MDBX_txn_flags_t, MDBX_TXN_RDONLY, MDBX_TXN_READWRITE};
+use ffi::{MDBX_txn_flags_t, MDBX_TXN_RDONLY, MDBX_TXN_READWRITE};
 use indexmap::IndexSet;
 use parking_lot::{Mutex, MutexGuard};
 use std::{
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ use std::{
     time::Duration,
 };
 
+#[cfg(feature = "read-tx-timeouts")]
+use ffi::mdbx_txn_renew;
+
 mod private {
     use super::*;
 
diff --git a/crates/storage/libmdbx-rs/tests/environment.rs b/crates/storage/libmdbx-rs/tests/environment.rs
index 99453ef113..007418f76b 100644
--- a/crates/storage/libmdbx-rs/tests/environment.rs
+++ b/crates/storage/libmdbx-rs/tests/environment.rs
@@ -128,6 +128,18 @@ fn test_info() {
     // assert_eq!(info.last_pgno(), 1);
     // assert_eq!(info.last_txnid(), 0);
     assert_eq!(info.num_readers(), 0);
+    assert!(matches!(info.mode(), Mode::ReadWrite { sync_mode: SyncMode::Durable }));
+    assert!(env.is_read_write().unwrap());
+
+    drop(env);
+    let env = Environment::builder()
+        .set_geometry(Geometry { size: Some(map_size..), ..Default::default() })
+        .set_flags(EnvironmentFlags { mode: Mode::ReadOnly, ..Default::default() })
+        .open(dir.path())
+        .unwrap();
+    let info = env.info().unwrap();
+    assert!(matches!(info.mode(), Mode::ReadOnly));
+    assert!(env.is_read_only().unwrap());
 }
 
 #[test]