diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index 9e0ea73f2ff9..6bde71735efa 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -1346,9 +1346,9 @@ void mntput(struct vfsmount *mnt)
 {
 	if (mnt) {
 		struct mount *m = real_mount(mnt);
-		/* avoid cacheline pingpong, hope gcc doesn't get "smart" */
+		/* avoid cacheline pingpong */
 		if (unlikely(m->mnt_expiry_mark))
-			m->mnt_expiry_mark = 0;
+			WRITE_ONCE(m->mnt_expiry_mark, 0);
 		mntput_no_expire(m);
 	}
 }