diff --git a/include/linux/list.h b/include/linux/list.h
index a5709c9955e4..a119dd1990d4 100644
--- a/include/linux/list.h
+++ b/include/linux/list.h
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 static inline void INIT_LIST_HEAD(struct list_head *list)
 {
 	WRITE_ONCE(list->next, list);
-	list->prev = list;
+	WRITE_ONCE(list->prev, list);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LIST
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ static inline int list_empty(const struct list_head *head)
 static inline void list_del_init_careful(struct list_head *entry)
 {
 	__list_del_entry(entry);
-	entry->prev = entry;
+	WRITE_ONCE(entry->prev, entry);
 	smp_store_release(&entry->next, entry);
 }
 
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ static inline void list_del_init_careful(struct list_head *entry)
 static inline int list_empty_careful(const struct list_head *head)
 {
 	struct list_head *next = smp_load_acquire(&head->next);
-	return list_is_head(next, head) && (next == head->prev);
+	return list_is_head(next, head) && (next == READ_ONCE(head->prev));
 }
 
 /**