diff --git a/net/ipv4/icmp.c b/net/ipv4/icmp.c
index 1df4aae310e02306200a0f09e413c19eaef6a90e..c406e324c594e13ecaad8e35f53b14671abf70d8 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/icmp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/icmp.c
@@ -1028,7 +1028,7 @@ bool icmp_build_probe(struct sk_buff *skb, struct icmphdr *icmphdr)
 	u16 ident_len;
 	u8 status;
 
-	if (!net->ipv4.sysctl_icmp_echo_enable_probe)
+	if (!READ_ONCE(net->ipv4.sysctl_icmp_echo_enable_probe))
 		return false;
 
 	/* We currently only support probing interfaces on the proxy node
diff --git a/net/ipv6/icmp.c b/net/ipv6/icmp.c
index 61770220774ee09b8f780290776ec45353c75c9a..9d92d51c475779f7af72b1c4ea35d4d482874db0 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/icmp.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/icmp.c
@@ -925,7 +925,7 @@ static int icmpv6_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb)
 		break;
 	case ICMPV6_EXT_ECHO_REQUEST:
 		if (!net->ipv6.sysctl.icmpv6_echo_ignore_all &&
-		    net->ipv4.sysctl_icmp_echo_enable_probe)
+		    READ_ONCE(net->ipv4.sysctl_icmp_echo_enable_probe))
 			icmpv6_echo_reply(skb);
 		break;