diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
index 1dc1d62093b3..c89452761b3f 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -5492,7 +5492,7 @@ static void tcp_check_urg(struct sock *sk, const struct tcphdr *th)
 	struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
 	u32 ptr = ntohs(th->urg_ptr);
 
-	if (ptr && !sock_net(sk)->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_stdurg)
+	if (ptr && !READ_ONCE(sock_net(sk)->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_stdurg))
 		ptr--;
 	ptr += ntohl(th->seq);