diff --git a/erpnext/accounts/doctype/journal_entry/journal_entry.js b/erpnext/accounts/doctype/journal_entry/journal_entry.js
index b1dc0c477b7..4659f3e2b4b 100644
--- a/erpnext/accounts/doctype/journal_entry/journal_entry.js
+++ b/erpnext/accounts/doctype/journal_entry/journal_entry.js
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ frappe.ui.form.on("Journal Entry", {
 
 	refresh: function (frm) {
 		if (frm.doc.reversal_of && (frm.is_new() || frm.doc.docstatus == 0)) {
-			frm.set_read_only();
+			erpnext.journal_entry.lock_reversal_entry(frm);
 		}
 
 		erpnext.toggle_naming_series();
@@ -564,6 +564,13 @@ $.extend(erpnext.journal_entry, {
 		});
 	},
 
+	lock_reversal_entry: function (frm) {
+		frm.fields
+			.filter((field) => field.has_input)
+			.forEach((field) => frm.set_df_property(field.df.fieldname, "read_only", 1));
+		frm.set_df_property("accounts", "read_only", 1);
+	},
+
 	set_debit_credit_in_company_currency: function (frm, cdt, cdn) {
 		var row = locals[cdt][cdn];