diff --git a/accessible/tests/browser/windows/uia/browser_textPatterns.js b/accessible/tests/browser/windows/uia/browser_textPatterns.js
index d1936bd261eb..3a8193ae6d60 100644
--- a/accessible/tests/browser/windows/uia/browser_textPatterns.js
+++ b/accessible/tests/browser/windows/uia/browser_textPatterns.js
@@ -538,6 +538,7 @@ addUiaTask(
 <div id="superscript-container">a <sup>bcd</sup> ef</div>
 <div id="not-hidden-container">a bcd ef</div>
 <div id="readonly-container">a <span contenteditable="true">bcd</span> ef</div>
+<input id="text-input"/>
 <div id="spelling-error-container">a <span aria-invalid="spelling">bcd</span> ef</div>
 <div id="grammar-error-container">a <span aria-invalid="grammar">bcd</span> ef</div>
 <div id="data-validation-error-container">a <span aria-invalid="true">bcd</span> ef</div>
@@ -792,6 +793,19 @@ addUiaTask(
       "IsReadOnly correct"
     );
 
+    // Verify that text inputs are not read-only by default.
+    await runPython(`
+      global range
+      textInputAcc = findUiaByDomId(doc, "text-input")
+      range = docText.RangeFromChild(textInputAcc)
+    `);
+    info("checking IsReadOnly");
+    is(
+      await runPython(`range.GetAttributeValue(UIA_IsReadOnlyAttributeId)`),
+      false,
+      "IsReadOnly correct for text input"
+    );
+
     // ================== UIA_AnnotationTypesAttributeId - AnnotationType_SpellingError ==================
     await runPython(`
       global range
diff --git a/accessible/windows/uia/UiaTextRange.cpp b/accessible/windows/uia/UiaTextRange.cpp
index e65eac37801b..0c0e365ea1a1 100644
--- a/accessible/windows/uia/UiaTextRange.cpp
+++ b/accessible/windows/uia/UiaTextRange.cpp
@@ -1307,15 +1307,20 @@ struct AttributeTraits<UIA_IsReadOnlyAttributeId> {
     if (!aPoint.mAcc) {
       return {};
     }
-    // Check the parent of the leaf, since the leaf itself will never be
-    // editable, but the parent may. Check for both text fields and hypertexts,
-    // since we might have something like <input> or a contenteditable <span>.
     Accessible* acc = aPoint.mAcc;
-    Accessible* parent = acc->Parent();
-    if (parent && parent->IsHyperText()) {
-      acc = parent;
-    } else {
-      return Some(true);
+    // If the TextLeafPoint we're dealing with is itself a hypertext, don't
+    // bother checking its parent since this is the Accessible we care about.
+    if (!acc->IsHyperText()) {
+      // Check the parent of the leaf, since the leaf itself will never be
+      // editable, but the parent may. Check for both text fields and
+      // hypertexts, since we might have something like <input> or a
+      // contenteditable <span>.
+      Accessible* parent = acc->Parent();
+      if (parent && parent->IsHyperText()) {
+        acc = parent;
+      } else {
+        return Some(true);
+      }
     }
     const uint64_t state = acc->State();
     if (state & states::READONLY) {