diff --git a/include/net/sch_generic.h b/include/net/sch_generic.h
index 47e61956168d..32e418dba133 100644
--- a/include/net/sch_generic.h
+++ b/include/net/sch_generic.h
@@ -149,8 +149,8 @@ static inline bool qdisc_is_percpu_stats(const struct Qdisc *q)
 static inline bool qdisc_is_empty(const struct Qdisc *qdisc)
 {
 	if (qdisc_is_percpu_stats(qdisc))
-		return qdisc->empty;
-	return !qdisc->q.qlen;
+		return READ_ONCE(qdisc->empty);
+	return !READ_ONCE(qdisc->q.qlen);
 }
 
 static inline bool qdisc_run_begin(struct Qdisc *qdisc)
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ static inline bool qdisc_run_begin(struct Qdisc *qdisc)
 	if (qdisc->flags & TCQ_F_NOLOCK) {
 		if (!spin_trylock(&qdisc->seqlock))
 			return false;
-		qdisc->empty = false;
+		WRITE_ONCE(qdisc->empty, false);
 	} else if (qdisc_is_running(qdisc)) {
 		return false;
 	}
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 046307445ece..3e11c6bb4dd6 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -3386,7 +3386,7 @@ static inline int __dev_xmit_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, struct Qdisc *q,
 	qdisc_calculate_pkt_len(skb, q);
 
 	if (q->flags & TCQ_F_NOLOCK) {
-		if ((q->flags & TCQ_F_CAN_BYPASS) && q->empty &&
+		if ((q->flags & TCQ_F_CAN_BYPASS) && READ_ONCE(q->empty) &&
 		    qdisc_run_begin(q)) {
 			if (unlikely(test_bit(__QDISC_STATE_DEACTIVATED,
 					      &q->state))) {
diff --git a/net/sched/sch_generic.c b/net/sched/sch_generic.c
index 8769b4b8807d..7c3c5fdb82a9 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_generic.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_generic.c
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *pfifo_fast_dequeue(struct Qdisc *qdisc)
 	if (likely(skb)) {
 		qdisc_update_stats_at_dequeue(qdisc, skb);
 	} else {
-		qdisc->empty = true;
+		WRITE_ONCE(qdisc->empty, true);
 	}
 
 	return skb;