diff --git a/include/linux/seqlock.h b/include/linux/seqlock.h
index 85fb3ac93ffb0e0e58cd084f46ba91da85bf4819..e885702d8b827aeeb467ea05e02c69982cb5cc4c 100644
--- a/include/linux/seqlock.h
+++ b/include/linux/seqlock.h
@@ -199,10 +199,11 @@ static inline unsigned raw_read_seqcount(const seqcount_t *s)
  */
 static inline unsigned raw_seqcount_begin(const seqcount_t *s)
 {
-	unsigned ret = READ_ONCE(s->sequence);
-	smp_rmb();
-	kcsan_atomic_next(KCSAN_SEQLOCK_REGION_MAX);
-	return ret & ~1;
+	/*
+	 * If the counter is odd, let read_seqcount_retry() fail
+	 * by decrementing the counter.
+	 */
+	return raw_read_seqcount(s) & ~1;
 }
 
 /**