diff --git a/net/unix/diag.c b/net/unix/diag.c
index 5bc5cb83cc6e..7066a3623410 100644
--- a/net/unix/diag.c
+++ b/net/unix/diag.c
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ static int sk_diag_fill(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, struct unix_diag_r
 	    sock_diag_put_meminfo(sk, skb, UNIX_DIAG_MEMINFO))
 		goto out_nlmsg_trim;
 
-	if (nla_put_u8(skb, UNIX_DIAG_SHUTDOWN, sk->sk_shutdown))
+	if (nla_put_u8(skb, UNIX_DIAG_SHUTDOWN, READ_ONCE(sk->sk_shutdown)))
 		goto out_nlmsg_trim;
 
 	if ((req->udiag_show & UDIAG_SHOW_UID) &&