diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
index b760ad0b16d9..7af5e6acf41a 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -3436,7 +3436,8 @@ static bool __tcp_oow_rate_limited(struct net *net, int mib_idx,
 	if (*last_oow_ack_time) {
 		s32 elapsed = (s32)(tcp_jiffies32 - *last_oow_ack_time);
 
-		if (0 <= elapsed && elapsed < net->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_invalid_ratelimit) {
+		if (0 <= elapsed &&
+		    elapsed < READ_ONCE(net->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_invalid_ratelimit)) {
 			NET_INC_STATS(net, mib_idx);
 			return true;	/* rate-limited: don't send yet! */
 		}