diff --git a/xorriso/xorriso.c b/xorriso/xorriso.c
index ace7caff..4302f478 100644
--- a/xorriso/xorriso.c
+++ b/xorriso/xorriso.c
@@ -11935,6 +11935,12 @@ int Xorriso_option_extract(struct XorrisO *xorriso, char *iso_path,
  int ret;
  char eff_origin[SfileadrL], eff_dest[SfileadrL], *ipth;
 
+ if(!xorriso->allow_restore) {
+   sprintf(xorriso->info_text,
+          "-extract: image-to-disk copies are not enabled by option -osirrox");
+   Xorriso_msgs_submit(xorriso, 0, xorriso->info_text, 0, "FAILURE", 0);
+   return(0);
+ }
  if(!(flag&2))
    Xorriso_pacifier_reset(xorriso, 0);