diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c
index f1ea2138cbba297350dce2652858a27e8117ded9..677efdc7c301709ed6225ba63afce6f51ff108b7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c
@@ -2347,7 +2347,7 @@ static void process_csb(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 static void __execlists_submission_tasklet(struct intel_engine_cs *const engine)
 {
 	lockdep_assert_held(&engine->active.lock);
-	if (!engine->execlists.pending[0]) {
+	if (!READ_ONCE(engine->execlists.pending[0])) {
 		rcu_read_lock(); /* protect peeking at execlists->active */
 		execlists_dequeue(engine);
 		rcu_read_unlock();