diff --git a/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayoutdev.c b/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayoutdev.c
index c8863563c635..287ed99a7e51 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayoutdev.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayoutdev.c
@@ -383,10 +383,10 @@ nfs4_ff_layout_prepare_ds(struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg, u32 ds_idx,
 		goto out_fail;
 
 	ds = mirror->mirror_ds->ds;
+	if (READ_ONCE(ds->ds_clp))
+		goto out;
 	/* matching smp_wmb() in _nfs4_pnfs_v3/4_ds_connect */
 	smp_rmb();
-	if (ds->ds_clp)
-		goto out;
 
 	/* FIXME: For now we assume the server sent only one version of NFS
 	 * to use for the DS.
diff --git a/fs/nfs/pnfs_nfs.c b/fs/nfs/pnfs_nfs.c
index 53b4705abcc7..1f2da2094664 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pnfs_nfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/pnfs_nfs.c
@@ -666,7 +666,7 @@ static int _nfs4_pnfs_v3_ds_connect(struct nfs_server *mds_srv,
 	}
 
 	smp_wmb();
-	ds->ds_clp = clp;
+	WRITE_ONCE(ds->ds_clp, clp);
 	dprintk("%s [new] addr: %s\n", __func__, ds->ds_remotestr);
 out:
 	return status;
@@ -742,7 +742,7 @@ static int _nfs4_pnfs_v4_ds_connect(struct nfs_server *mds_srv,
 	}
 
 	smp_wmb();
-	ds->ds_clp = clp;
+	WRITE_ONCE(ds->ds_clp, clp);
 	dprintk("%s [new] addr: %s\n", __func__, ds->ds_remotestr);
 out:
 	return status;