diff --git a/include/net/tcp.h b/include/net/tcp.h
index 00d10f0e1194..c96302310314 100644
--- a/include/net/tcp.h
+++ b/include/net/tcp.h
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ static inline bool tcp_under_memory_pressure(const struct sock *sk)
 	    mem_cgroup_under_socket_pressure(sk->sk_memcg))
 		return true;
 
-	return tcp_memory_pressure;
+	return READ_ONCE(tcp_memory_pressure);
 }
 /*
  * The next routines deal with comparing 32 bit unsigned ints
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index 8f07655718f3..db1eceda2359 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ void tcp_enter_memory_pressure(struct sock *sk)
 {
 	unsigned long val;
 
-	if (tcp_memory_pressure)
+	if (READ_ONCE(tcp_memory_pressure))
 		return;
 	val = jiffies;
 
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ void tcp_leave_memory_pressure(struct sock *sk)
 {
 	unsigned long val;
 
-	if (!tcp_memory_pressure)
+	if (!READ_ONCE(tcp_memory_pressure))
 		return;
 	val = xchg(&tcp_memory_pressure, 0);
 	if (val)