diff --git a/include/net/inet_sock.h b/include/net/inet_sock.h
index 34c4436fd18f..40f92f5a3047 100644
--- a/include/net/inet_sock.h
+++ b/include/net/inet_sock.h
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ static inline bool inet_get_convert_csum(struct sock *sk)
 static inline bool inet_can_nonlocal_bind(struct net *net,
 					  struct inet_sock *inet)
 {
-	return net->ipv4.sysctl_ip_nonlocal_bind ||
+	return READ_ONCE(net->ipv4.sysctl_ip_nonlocal_bind) ||
 		inet->freebind || inet->transparent;
 }
 
diff --git a/net/sctp/protocol.c b/net/sctp/protocol.c
index bb370a7948f4..363a64c12414 100644
--- a/net/sctp/protocol.c
+++ b/net/sctp/protocol.c
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ static int sctp_v4_available(union sctp_addr *addr, struct sctp_sock *sp)
 	if (addr->v4.sin_addr.s_addr != htonl(INADDR_ANY) &&
 	   ret != RTN_LOCAL &&
 	   !sp->inet.freebind &&
-	   !net->ipv4.sysctl_ip_nonlocal_bind)
+	    !READ_ONCE(net->ipv4.sysctl_ip_nonlocal_bind))
 		return 0;
 
 	if (ipv6_only_sock(sctp_opt2sk(sp)))