diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7615/sdio_txrx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7615/sdio_txrx.c
index 2c269fee8555..d7d61a5b66a3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7615/sdio_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7615/sdio_txrx.c
@@ -201,6 +201,8 @@ static int mt7663s_tx_run_queue(struct mt76_dev *dev, enum mt76_txq_id qid)
 		struct mt76_queue_entry *e = &q->entry[q->first];
 		struct sk_buff *iter;
 
+		smp_rmb();
+
 		if (!test_bit(MT76_STATE_MCU_RUNNING, &dev->phy.state)) {
 			__skb_put_zero(e->skb, 4);
 			err = __mt7663s_xmit_queue(dev, e->skb->data,
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/sdio.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/sdio.c
index 9a4d95a2a707..439ea4158260 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/sdio.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/sdio.c
@@ -215,6 +215,9 @@ mt76s_tx_queue_skb(struct mt76_dev *dev, enum mt76_txq_id qid,
 
 	q->entry[q->head].skb = tx_info.skb;
 	q->entry[q->head].buf_sz = len;
+
+	smp_wmb();
+
 	q->head = (q->head + 1) % q->ndesc;
 	q->queued++;