diff --git a/erpnext/accounts/doctype/journal_entry/journal_entry.js b/erpnext/accounts/doctype/journal_entry/journal_entry.js
index 232c33d4def..d2081bcde59 100644
--- a/erpnext/accounts/doctype/journal_entry/journal_entry.js
+++ b/erpnext/accounts/doctype/journal_entry/journal_entry.js
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ 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();
@@ -513,6 +513,13 @@ $.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];