diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_ldsem.c b/drivers/tty/tty_ldsem.c
index b989ca26fc78858ea27e3b1c17b4a39c0dab23d5..2f0372976459eb771c830442efe94d24c70ba489 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_ldsem.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_ldsem.c
@@ -116,8 +116,7 @@ static void __ldsem_wake_readers(struct ld_semaphore *sem)
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(waiter, next, &sem->read_wait, list) {
 		tsk = waiter->task;
-		smp_mb();
-		waiter->task = NULL;
+		smp_store_release(&waiter->task, NULL);
 		wake_up_process(tsk);
 		put_task_struct(tsk);
 	}
@@ -217,7 +216,7 @@ down_read_failed(struct ld_semaphore *sem, long count, long timeout)
 	for (;;) {
 		set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
 
-		if (!waiter.task)
+		if (!smp_load_acquire(&waiter.task))
 			break;
 		if (!timeout)
 			break;