diff --git a/include/net/tcp.h b/include/net/tcp.h
index b1af3362a0647f4e0780955c6cbd129076285395..ac4ffe8013d8a81a1c78ec15daf5ee75ad180869 100644
--- a/include/net/tcp.h
+++ b/include/net/tcp.h
@@ -492,9 +492,9 @@ static inline void tcp_synq_overflow(const struct sock *sk)
 		}
 	}
 
-	last_overflow = tcp_sk(sk)->rx_opt.ts_recent_stamp;
+	last_overflow = READ_ONCE(tcp_sk(sk)->rx_opt.ts_recent_stamp);
 	if (!time_between32(now, last_overflow, last_overflow + HZ))
-		tcp_sk(sk)->rx_opt.ts_recent_stamp = now;
+		WRITE_ONCE(tcp_sk(sk)->rx_opt.ts_recent_stamp, now);
 }
 
 /* syncookies: no recent synqueue overflow on this listening socket? */
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ static inline bool tcp_synq_no_recent_overflow(const struct sock *sk)
 		}
 	}
 
-	last_overflow = tcp_sk(sk)->rx_opt.ts_recent_stamp;
+	last_overflow = READ_ONCE(tcp_sk(sk)->rx_opt.ts_recent_stamp);
 
 	/* If last_overflow <= jiffies <= last_overflow + TCP_SYNCOOKIE_VALID,
 	 * then we're under synflood. However, we have to use