diff -up net-snmp-5.4.1/agent/snmp_agent.c.backup_patch_3 net-snmp-5.4.1/agent/snmp_agent.c
--- net-snmp-5.4.1/agent/snmp_agent.c.backup_patch_3	2007-05-14 16:50:38.000000000 +0200
+++ net-snmp-5.4.1/agent/snmp_agent.c	2008-07-25 12:52:40.000000000 +0200
@@ -1504,6 +1504,12 @@ netsnmp_wrap_up_request(netsnmp_agent_se
     int             i;
 
     /*
+     * Update asp->status if necessary. Fixes ro/rw problem.
+     */
+    if ( status != 0  && asp->status == 0 )
+          asp->status = status;
+
+    /*
      * if this request was a set, clear the global now that we are
      * done.
      */