diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_ioctl.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_ioctl.c
index 7bdf6f0e58a5343a880470e61e69ee2292b7bd42..8d2f5ded86d66e19241528c51e7474e86283bbc2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_ioctl.c
@@ -528,6 +528,9 @@ static int virtio_gpu_get_caps_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev,
 	if (!ret)
 		return -EBUSY;
 
+	/* is_valid check must proceed before copy of the cache entry. */
+	smp_rmb();
+
 	ptr = cache_ent->caps_cache;
 
 copy_exit:
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_vq.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_vq.c
index 020070d483d350a58695c7fa9f21f7c2be4db463..c8a581b1f4c40355a4bcb0eacc58d8043712bbbb 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_vq.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_vq.c
@@ -588,6 +588,8 @@ static void virtio_gpu_cmd_capset_cb(struct virtio_gpu_device *vgdev,
 		    cache_ent->id == le32_to_cpu(cmd->capset_id)) {
 			memcpy(cache_ent->caps_cache, resp->capset_data,
 			       cache_ent->size);
+			/* Copy must occur before is_valid is signalled. */
+			smp_wmb();
 			atomic_set(&cache_ent->is_valid, 1);
 			break;
 		}