diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
index 8cf4fbd349ab996df36dc15ede4bd58725600ad0..af376d7423d1f4c8982908835dbabcf6a0de8225 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -2175,7 +2175,7 @@ void tcp_enter_loss(struct sock *sk)
 	 * loss recovery is underway except recurring timeout(s) on
 	 * the same SND.UNA (sec 3.2). Disable F-RTO on path MTU probing
 	 */
-	tp->frto = net->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_frto &&
+	tp->frto = READ_ONCE(net->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_frto) &&
 		   (new_recovery || icsk->icsk_retransmits) &&
 		   !inet_csk(sk)->icsk_mtup.probe_size;
 }