diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c
index fe817e2b6fef4468e2ed33a50de7190b08f3c282..50864f99446d3a9f22c83c984eaec4f25caa6015 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ static bool i40e_clean_tx_irq(struct i40e_vsi *vsi,
 			break;
 
 		/* prevent any other reads prior to eop_desc */
-		read_barrier_depends();
+		smp_rmb();
 
 		i40e_trace(clean_tx_irq, tx_ring, tx_desc, tx_buf);
 		/* if the descriptor isn't done, no work yet to do */