diff --git a/net/sunrpc/sched.c b/net/sunrpc/sched.c
index fb20f25ddec9b70c805ad65d675441d02b62055b..f8529fc8e54275c5b7b9809f0219f20608ffb472 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/sched.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/sched.c
@@ -180,6 +180,8 @@ static void __rpc_add_wait_queue(struct rpc_wait_queue *queue,
 		list_add_tail(&task->u.tk_wait.list, &queue->tasks[0]);
 	task->tk_waitqueue = queue;
 	queue->qlen++;
+	/* barrier matches the read in rpc_wake_up_task_queue_locked() */
+	smp_wmb();
 	rpc_set_queued(task);
 
 	dprintk("RPC: %5u added to queue %p \"%s\"\n",
@@ -430,8 +432,11 @@ static void __rpc_do_wake_up_task(struct rpc_wait_queue *queue, struct rpc_task
  */
 static void rpc_wake_up_task_queue_locked(struct rpc_wait_queue *queue, struct rpc_task *task)
 {
-	if (RPC_IS_QUEUED(task) && task->tk_waitqueue == queue)
-		__rpc_do_wake_up_task(queue, task);
+	if (RPC_IS_QUEUED(task)) {
+		smp_rmb();
+		if (task->tk_waitqueue == queue)
+			__rpc_do_wake_up_task(queue, task);
+	}
 }
 
 /*