diff --git a/include/net/busy_poll.h b/include/net/busy_poll.h
index cf8f792743ec2a6e7055891308b6ca94c7b0ad08..c76a5e9894dacc81d64950ab6af1ab6267cc31f4 100644
--- a/include/net/busy_poll.h
+++ b/include/net/busy_poll.h
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ static inline bool net_busy_loop_on(void)
 
 static inline bool sk_can_busy_loop(const struct sock *sk)
 {
-	return sk->sk_ll_usec && !signal_pending(current);
+	return READ_ONCE(sk->sk_ll_usec) && !signal_pending(current);
 }
 
 bool sk_busy_loop_end(void *p, unsigned long start_time);
diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index cb27f9cc7ab99100a6d9302984e7bfa43ceaf8a3..a0c1d8531e86ee00530d6555cb130b2a018d2fd4 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -1011,7 +1011,7 @@ int sock_setsockopt(struct socket *sock, int level, int optname,
 			if (val < 0)
 				ret = -EINVAL;
 			else
-				sk->sk_ll_usec = val;
+				WRITE_ONCE(sk->sk_ll_usec, val);
 		}
 		break;
 #endif