diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 1ea75768c5b2..c4eb1b666a21 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -6880,7 +6880,7 @@ static __latent_entropy void net_rx_action(struct softirq_action *h)
 	struct softnet_data *sd = this_cpu_ptr(&softnet_data);
 	unsigned long time_limit = jiffies +
 		usecs_to_jiffies(netdev_budget_usecs);
-	int budget = netdev_budget;
+	int budget = READ_ONCE(netdev_budget);
 	LIST_HEAD(list);
 	LIST_HEAD(repoll);