diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c
index 39db70a597ed..1ed27fcd5031 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ static bool i40e_clean_tx_irq(struct i40e_ring *tx_ring, int budget)
 			break;
 
 		/* prevent any other reads prior to eop_desc */
-		read_barrier_depends();
+		smp_rmb();
 
 		/* we have caught up to head, no work left to do */
 		if (tx_head == tx_desc)