diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
index f2e2e02f68578c879b76bcc673e46917f004db74..6dda8e092a9552c077368459eefebc731784844a 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
@@ -373,9 +373,13 @@ static void svc_xprt_release_slot(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 
 static bool svc_xprt_has_something_to_do(struct svc_xprt *xprt)
 {
-	if (xprt->xpt_flags & ((1<<XPT_CONN)|(1<<XPT_CLOSE)))
+	unsigned long xpt_flags;
+
+	xpt_flags = READ_ONCE(xprt->xpt_flags);
+
+	if (xpt_flags & (BIT(XPT_CONN) | BIT(XPT_CLOSE)))
 		return true;
-	if (xprt->xpt_flags & ((1<<XPT_DATA)|(1<<XPT_DEFERRED))) {
+	if (xpt_flags & (BIT(XPT_DATA) | BIT(XPT_DEFERRED))) {
 		if (xprt->xpt_ops->xpo_has_wspace(xprt) &&
 		    svc_xprt_slots_in_range(xprt))
 			return true;