diff --git a/lib/src/editor/raw_editor/raw_editor.dart b/lib/src/editor/raw_editor/raw_editor.dart
index 5a6d04cf..ae6195e1 100644
--- a/lib/src/editor/raw_editor/raw_editor.dart
+++ b/lib/src/editor/raw_editor/raw_editor.dart
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ class QuillRawEditor extends StatefulWidget {
             configurations.maxHeight == null ||
                 configurations.minHeight == null ||
                 configurations.maxHeight! >= configurations.minHeight!,
-            'maxHeight cannot be null');
+            'maxHeight cannot be null') {
+    configurations.controller.readOnly = configurations.readOnly;
+  }
 
   final QuillRawEditorConfigurations configurations;