diff --git a/fs/fuse/dev.c b/fs/fuse/dev.c
index 8016cd059db1..b99225e11712 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dev.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dev.c
@@ -132,9 +132,13 @@ static bool fuse_block_alloc(struct fuse_conn *fc, bool for_background)
 
 static void fuse_drop_waiting(struct fuse_conn *fc)
 {
-	if (fc->connected) {
-		atomic_dec(&fc->num_waiting);
-	} else if (atomic_dec_and_test(&fc->num_waiting)) {
+	/*
+	 * lockess check of fc->connected is okay, because atomic_dec_and_test()
+	 * provides a memory barrier mached with the one in fuse_wait_aborted()
+	 * to ensure no wake-up is missed.
+	 */
+	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&fc->num_waiting) &&
+	    !READ_ONCE(fc->connected)) {
 		/* wake up aborters */
 		wake_up_all(&fc->blocked_waitq);
 	}
@@ -2164,6 +2168,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fuse_abort_conn);
 
 void fuse_wait_aborted(struct fuse_conn *fc)
 {
+	/* matches implicit memory barrier in fuse_drop_waiting() */
+	smp_mb();
 	wait_event(fc->blocked_waitq, atomic_read(&fc->num_waiting) == 0);
 }