diff --git a/include/linux/hyperv.h b/include/linux/hyperv.h
index acd995b81c6bbc45c742d21ff800ae04e6de8b4b..179ff330af597dcdd78e83f9b0b89be5d4194a81 100644
--- a/include/linux/hyperv.h
+++ b/include/linux/hyperv.h
@@ -141,8 +141,6 @@ hv_get_ringbuffer_availbytes(struct hv_ring_buffer_info *rbi,
 {
 	u32 read_loc, write_loc, dsize;
 
-	smp_read_barrier_depends();
-
 	/* Capture the read/write indices before they changed */
 	read_loc = rbi->ring_buffer->read_index;
 	write_loc = rbi->ring_buffer->write_index;