diff --git a/lib/rhashtable.c b/lib/rhashtable.c
index 6ffc793145f3e98eeddee8736db83f8f5b147745..68210cc2bab8e53c35edd1a791378935d83c4808 100644
--- a/lib/rhashtable.c
+++ b/lib/rhashtable.c
@@ -271,6 +271,9 @@ static void rhashtable_rehash(struct rhashtable *ht,
 	 */
 	rcu_assign_pointer(ht->future_tbl, new_tbl);
 
+	/* Ensure the new table is visible to readers. */
+	smp_wmb();
+
 	for (old_hash = 0; old_hash < old_tbl->size; old_hash++)
 		rhashtable_rehash_chain(ht, old_hash);
 
@@ -618,6 +621,9 @@ void *rhashtable_lookup_compare(struct rhashtable *ht, const void *key,
 		return rht_obj(ht, he);
 	}
 
+	/* Ensure we see any new tables. */
+	smp_rmb();
+
 	old_tbl = tbl;
 	tbl = rht_dereference_rcu(ht->future_tbl, ht);
 	if (unlikely(tbl != old_tbl))