diff --git a/include/linux/netfilter/x_tables.h b/include/linux/netfilter/x_tables.h
index 9077b3ebea08ce07a261598975cf16e691fd6faa..0ade4d1e4dd96fc111bf736499ce3843a434c654 100644
--- a/include/linux/netfilter/x_tables.h
+++ b/include/linux/netfilter/x_tables.h
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ static inline unsigned int xt_write_recseq_begin(void)
 	 * since addend is most likely 1
 	 */
 	__this_cpu_add(xt_recseq.sequence, addend);
-	smp_wmb();
+	smp_mb();
 
 	return addend;
 }
diff --git a/net/netfilter/x_tables.c b/net/netfilter/x_tables.c
index 8b83806f4f8c48af6bacf36001a251cd58d91eaf..c9fe35118b33afd2872d85fa148defba5b88ac31 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/x_tables.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/x_tables.c
@@ -1394,7 +1394,7 @@ xt_replace_table(struct xt_table *table,
 	table->private = newinfo;
 
 	/* make sure all cpus see new ->private value */
-	smp_wmb();
+	smp_mb();
 
 	/*
 	 * Even though table entries have now been swapped, other CPU's