diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
index c9e438ba1ec2333bd72b38ae1a4294a9427970f7..78354046cb3b756f85cae5f3258e97c65c08d5b5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
@@ -5930,7 +5930,7 @@ static bool igb_clean_tx_irq(struct igb_q_vector *q_vector)
 			break;
 
 		/* prevent any other reads prior to eop_desc */
-		rmb();
+		read_barrier_depends();
 
 		/* if DD is not set pending work has not been completed */
 		if (!(eop_desc->wb.status & cpu_to_le32(E1000_TXD_STAT_DD)))