diff --git a/lib/discourse_redis.rb b/lib/discourse_redis.rb
index 0634cb36e31..0230eaf006a 100644
--- a/lib/discourse_redis.rb
+++ b/lib/discourse_redis.rb
@@ -151,22 +151,26 @@ class DiscourseRedis
   end
 
   def multi
-    if block_given?
-      @redis.multi do |transaction|
-        yield DiscourseRedis.new(@config, namespace: @namespace, raw_redis: transaction)
+    DiscourseRedis.ignore_readonly do
+      if block_given?
+        @redis.multi do |transaction|
+          yield DiscourseRedis.new(@config, namespace: @namespace, raw_redis: transaction)
+        end
+      else
+        @redis.multi
       end
-    else
-      @redis.multi
     end
   end
 
   def pipelined
-    if block_given?
-      @redis.pipelined do |transaction|
-        yield DiscourseRedis.new(@config, namespace: @namespace, raw_redis: transaction)
+    DiscourseRedis.ignore_readonly do
+      if block_given?
+        @redis.pipelined do |transaction|
+          yield DiscourseRedis.new(@config, namespace: @namespace, raw_redis: transaction)
+        end
+      else
+        @redis.pipelined
       end
-    else
-      @redis.pipelined
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/lib/discourse_redis_spec.rb b/spec/lib/discourse_redis_spec.rb
index 3a82beed8e4..215ba35738e 100644
--- a/spec/lib/discourse_redis_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/discourse_redis_spec.rb
@@ -52,7 +52,39 @@ describe DiscourseRedis do
 
         expect(redis.get('foo')).to eq("baz")
         expect(redis.get('baz')).to eq("1")
+      end
 
+      it 'should noop pipelined commands against a readonly redis' do
+        redis.without_namespace
+          .expects(:pipelined)
+          .raises(Redis::CommandError.new("READONLY"))
+
+        set, incr = nil
+
+        val = redis.pipelined do |pipeline|
+          set = pipeline.set "foo", "baz"
+          incr = pipeline.incr "baz"
+        end
+
+        expect(val).to eq(nil)
+        expect(redis.get('foo')).to eq(nil)
+        expect(redis.get('baz')).to eq(nil)
+      end
+
+      it 'should noop multi commands against a readonly redis' do
+        redis.without_namespace
+          .expects(:multi)
+          .raises(Redis::CommandError.new("READONLY"))
+
+        val = redis.multi do |transaction|
+          transaction.set 'foo', 'bar'
+          transaction.set 'bar', 'foo'
+          transaction.get 'bar'
+        end
+
+        expect(val).to eq(nil)
+        expect(redis.get('foo')).to eq(nil)
+        expect(redis.get('bar')).to eq(nil)
       end
     end