diff --git a/sessionctx/variable/noop.go b/sessionctx/variable/noop.go
index 8eb9a9c7670e6..79c7a63fe3abb 100644
--- a/sessionctx/variable/noop.go
+++ b/sessionctx/variable/noop.go
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ var noopSysVars = []*SysVar{
 	{Scope: ScopeNone, Name: "tmpdir", Value: "/var/tmp/"},
 	{Scope: ScopeGlobal, Name: "innodb_thread_concurrency", Value: "0"},
 	{Scope: ScopeGlobal, Name: "innodb_buffer_pool_dump_pct", Value: ""},
-	{Scope: ScopeGlobal | ScopeSession, Name: "lc_time_names", Value: "en_US"},
+	{Scope: ScopeGlobal | ScopeSession, Name: "lc_time_names", Value: "en_US", ReadOnly: true},
 	{Scope: ScopeGlobal | ScopeSession, Name: "max_statement_time", Value: ""},
 	{Scope: ScopeGlobal | ScopeSession, Name: EndMarkersInJSON, Value: Off, Type: TypeBool, IsHintUpdatable: true},
 	{Scope: ScopeGlobal, Name: AvoidTemporalUpgrade, Value: Off, Type: TypeBool},
diff --git a/sessionctx/variable/sysvar_test.go b/sessionctx/variable/sysvar_test.go
index 8ae408eee6d67..de53b352fd391 100644
--- a/sessionctx/variable/sysvar_test.go
+++ b/sessionctx/variable/sysvar_test.go
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ func TestSkipInit(t *testing.T) {
 	require.True(t, sv.SkipInit())
 }
 
-// IsNoop is used by the documentation to auto-generate docs for real sysvars.
+// TestIsNoop is used by the documentation to auto-generate docs for real sysvars.
 func TestIsNoop(t *testing.T) {
 	sv := GetSysVar(TiDBMultiStatementMode)
 	require.False(t, sv.IsNoop)
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ func TestInstanceScopedVars(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, vars.TxnScope.GetVarValue(), val)
 }
 
-// Test that sysvars defaults are logically valid. i.e.
+// TestDefaultValuesAreSettable that sysvars defaults are logically valid. i.e.
 // the default itself must validate without error provided the scope and read-only is correct.
 // The default values should also be normalized for consistency.
 func TestDefaultValuesAreSettable(t *testing.T) {
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ func TestDefaultValuesAreSettable(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-// This tests that sysvars are logically correct with getter and setter functions.
+// TestSettersandGetters tests that sysvars are logically correct with getter and setter functions.
 // i.e. it doesn't make sense to have a SetSession function on a variable that is only globally scoped.
 func TestSettersandGetters(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, sv := range GetSysVars() {
@@ -782,6 +782,14 @@ func TestIdentity(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, val, "21")
 }
 
+func TestLcTimeNamesReadOnly(t *testing.T) {
+	sv := GetSysVar("lc_time_names")
+	vars := NewSessionVars()
+	vars.GlobalVarsAccessor = NewMockGlobalAccessor4Tests()
+	_, err := sv.Validate(vars, "newvalue", ScopeGlobal)
+	require.Error(t, err)
+}
+
 func TestDDLWorkers(t *testing.T) {
 	svWorkerCount, svBatchSize := GetSysVar(TiDBDDLReorgWorkerCount), GetSysVar(TiDBDDLReorgBatchSize)
 	vars := NewSessionVars()