diff --git a/include/net/tcp.h b/include/net/tcp.h
index c9a3f9688223b231e5a8c90c2494ad85f3d63cfc..88e63d64c698229379a953101a8aab2bca55ed1a 100644
--- a/include/net/tcp.h
+++ b/include/net/tcp.h
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ static inline bool tcp_under_memory_pressure(const struct sock *sk)
 	    mem_cgroup_under_socket_pressure(sk->sk_memcg))
 		return true;
 
-	return tcp_memory_pressure;
+	return READ_ONCE(tcp_memory_pressure);
 }
 /*
  * The next routines deal with comparing 32 bit unsigned ints
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index f98a1882e537dca0102e829cb349be50302d83ab..888c92b63f5a6dc4b935cca7c979c1e559126d44 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ void tcp_enter_memory_pressure(struct sock *sk)
 {
 	unsigned long val;
 
-	if (tcp_memory_pressure)
+	if (READ_ONCE(tcp_memory_pressure))
 		return;
 	val = jiffies;
 
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ void tcp_leave_memory_pressure(struct sock *sk)
 {
 	unsigned long val;
 
-	if (!tcp_memory_pressure)
+	if (!READ_ONCE(tcp_memory_pressure))
 		return;
 	val = xchg(&tcp_memory_pressure, 0);
 	if (val)