diff --git a/drivers/net/qla3xxx.c b/drivers/net/qla3xxx.c
index 69da95b5ad0c3ca51aac4ca58d1729681a8a9923..c3fe1c7c301ca9d3421701c92426c7b32955b8e7 100755
--- a/drivers/net/qla3xxx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/qla3xxx.c
@@ -2248,6 +2248,7 @@ static int ql_tx_rx_clean(struct ql3_adapter *qdev,
 		qdev->rsp_consumer_index) && (work_done < work_to_do)) {
 
 		net_rsp = qdev->rsp_current;
+		rmb();
 		switch (net_rsp->opcode) {
 
 		case OPCODE_OB_MAC_IOCB_FN0: