diff --git a/net/8021q/vlan.c b/net/8021q/vlan.c
index 64a94c9812da12d1c4a030118e3ddd2349d3bcd5..19c5212a48271c3f39fdfbead9ccb7f4743ae613 100644
--- a/net/8021q/vlan.c
+++ b/net/8021q/vlan.c
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ static int vlan_group_prealloc_vid(struct vlan_group *vg,
 	if (array == NULL)
 		return -ENOBUFS;
 
+	/* paired with smp_rmb() in __vlan_group_get_device() */
+	smp_wmb();
+
 	vg->vlan_devices_arrays[pidx][vidx] = array;
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/net/8021q/vlan.h b/net/8021q/vlan.h
index 9534053627954faff0f0e79d0ed3230ca2aa908a..fa3ad3d4d58ccb8bce7b1d4eabb7b38bb4b2385b 100644
--- a/net/8021q/vlan.h
+++ b/net/8021q/vlan.h
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ static inline struct net_device *__vlan_group_get_device(struct vlan_group *vg,
 
 	array = vg->vlan_devices_arrays[pidx]
 				       [vlan_id / VLAN_GROUP_ARRAY_PART_LEN];
+
+	/* paired with smp_wmb() in vlan_group_prealloc_vid() */
+	smp_rmb();
+
 	return array ? array[vlan_id % VLAN_GROUP_ARRAY_PART_LEN] : NULL;
 }