diff --git a/drivers/ptp/ptp_chardev.c b/drivers/ptp/ptp_chardev.c
index 362bf756e6b7..5a3a4cc0bec8 100644
--- a/drivers/ptp/ptp_chardev.c
+++ b/drivers/ptp/ptp_chardev.c
@@ -490,7 +490,8 @@ ssize_t ptp_read(struct posix_clock *pc,
 
 	for (i = 0; i < cnt; i++) {
 		event[i] = queue->buf[queue->head];
-		queue->head = (queue->head + 1) % PTP_MAX_TIMESTAMPS;
+		/* Paired with READ_ONCE() in queue_cnt() */
+		WRITE_ONCE(queue->head, (queue->head + 1) % PTP_MAX_TIMESTAMPS);
 	}
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&queue->lock, flags);
diff --git a/drivers/ptp/ptp_clock.c b/drivers/ptp/ptp_clock.c
index 80f74e38c2da..9a50bfb56453 100644
--- a/drivers/ptp/ptp_clock.c
+++ b/drivers/ptp/ptp_clock.c
@@ -56,10 +56,11 @@ static void enqueue_external_timestamp(struct timestamp_event_queue *queue,
 	dst->t.sec = seconds;
 	dst->t.nsec = remainder;
 
+	/* Both WRITE_ONCE() are paired with READ_ONCE() in queue_cnt() */
 	if (!queue_free(queue))
-		queue->head = (queue->head + 1) % PTP_MAX_TIMESTAMPS;
+		WRITE_ONCE(queue->head, (queue->head + 1) % PTP_MAX_TIMESTAMPS);
 
-	queue->tail = (queue->tail + 1) % PTP_MAX_TIMESTAMPS;
+	WRITE_ONCE(queue->tail, (queue->tail + 1) % PTP_MAX_TIMESTAMPS);
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&queue->lock, flags);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/ptp/ptp_private.h b/drivers/ptp/ptp_private.h
index 75f58fc468a7..b8d4f61f14be 100644
--- a/drivers/ptp/ptp_private.h
+++ b/drivers/ptp/ptp_private.h
@@ -76,9 +76,13 @@ struct ptp_vclock {
  * that a writer might concurrently increment the tail does not
  * matter, since the queue remains nonempty nonetheless.
  */
-static inline int queue_cnt(struct timestamp_event_queue *q)
+static inline int queue_cnt(const struct timestamp_event_queue *q)
 {
-	int cnt = q->tail - q->head;
+	/*
+	 * Paired with WRITE_ONCE() in enqueue_external_timestamp(),
+	 * ptp_read(), extts_fifo_show().
+	 */
+	int cnt = READ_ONCE(q->tail) - READ_ONCE(q->head);
 	return cnt < 0 ? PTP_MAX_TIMESTAMPS + cnt : cnt;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/ptp/ptp_sysfs.c b/drivers/ptp/ptp_sysfs.c
index 6e4d5456a885..34ea5c16123a 100644
--- a/drivers/ptp/ptp_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/ptp/ptp_sysfs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ static ssize_t extts_fifo_show(struct device *dev,
 	qcnt = queue_cnt(queue);
 	if (qcnt) {
 		event = queue->buf[queue->head];
-		queue->head = (queue->head + 1) % PTP_MAX_TIMESTAMPS;
+		/* Paired with READ_ONCE() in queue_cnt() */
+		WRITE_ONCE(queue->head, (queue->head + 1) % PTP_MAX_TIMESTAMPS);
 	}
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&queue->lock, flags);