diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c
index 5f143ca16c0198759465c6d02be0ed9c7be0ec13..d2887ae508bb893c2086f7c81fb16326692ddf99 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c
@@ -8038,13 +8038,14 @@ static int mlxsw_sp_dscp_init(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp)
 static int __mlxsw_sp_router_init(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp)
 {
 	struct net *net = mlxsw_sp_net(mlxsw_sp);
-	bool usp = net->ipv4.sysctl_ip_fwd_update_priority;
 	char rgcr_pl[MLXSW_REG_RGCR_LEN];
 	u64 max_rifs;
+	bool usp;
 
 	if (!MLXSW_CORE_RES_VALID(mlxsw_sp->core, MAX_RIFS))
 		return -EIO;
 	max_rifs = MLXSW_CORE_RES_GET(mlxsw_sp->core, MAX_RIFS);
+	usp = READ_ONCE(net->ipv4.sysctl_ip_fwd_update_priority);
 
 	mlxsw_reg_rgcr_pack(rgcr_pl, true, true);
 	mlxsw_reg_rgcr_max_router_interfaces_set(rgcr_pl, max_rifs);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_forward.c b/net/ipv4/ip_forward.c
index 00ec819f949b5e76ea96be901a697f4e12d5cf4d..29730edda220af78d84a6a368348c6e1aa27a614 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_forward.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_forward.c
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ int ip_forward(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	    !skb_sec_path(skb))
 		ip_rt_send_redirect(skb);
 
-	if (net->ipv4.sysctl_ip_fwd_update_priority)
+	if (READ_ONCE(net->ipv4.sysctl_ip_fwd_update_priority))
 		skb->priority = rt_tos2priority(iph->tos);
 
 	return NF_HOOK(NFPROTO_IPV4, NF_INET_FORWARD,