diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/hw.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/hw.c
index 795f7fd4f257..1cfc03da89e7 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/hw.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/hw.c
@@ -2075,7 +2075,7 @@ void irdma_cqp_ce_handler(struct irdma_pci_f *rf, struct irdma_sc_cq *cq)
 			cqp_request->compl_info.error = info.error;
 
 			if (cqp_request->waiting) {
-				cqp_request->request_done = true;
+				WRITE_ONCE(cqp_request->request_done, true);
 				wake_up(&cqp_request->waitq);
 				irdma_put_cqp_request(&rf->cqp, cqp_request);
 			} else {
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/main.h b/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/main.h
index def6dd58dcd4..2323962cdeac 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/main.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/main.h
@@ -161,8 +161,8 @@ struct irdma_cqp_request {
 	void (*callback_fcn)(struct irdma_cqp_request *cqp_request);
 	void *param;
 	struct irdma_cqp_compl_info compl_info;
+	bool request_done; /* READ/WRITE_ONCE macros operate on it */
 	bool waiting:1;
-	bool request_done:1;
 	bool dynamic:1;
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/utils.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/utils.c
index 775a79946f7d..eb083f70b09f 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/utils.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/utils.c
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ void irdma_free_cqp_request(struct irdma_cqp *cqp,
 	if (cqp_request->dynamic) {
 		kfree(cqp_request);
 	} else {
-		cqp_request->request_done = false;
+		WRITE_ONCE(cqp_request->request_done, false);
 		cqp_request->callback_fcn = NULL;
 		cqp_request->waiting = false;
 
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ irdma_free_pending_cqp_request(struct irdma_cqp *cqp,
 {
 	if (cqp_request->waiting) {
 		cqp_request->compl_info.error = true;
-		cqp_request->request_done = true;
+		WRITE_ONCE(cqp_request->request_done, true);
 		wake_up(&cqp_request->waitq);
 	}
 	wait_event_timeout(cqp->remove_wq,
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ static int irdma_wait_event(struct irdma_pci_f *rf,
 	do {
 		irdma_cqp_ce_handler(rf, &rf->ccq.sc_cq);
 		if (wait_event_timeout(cqp_request->waitq,
-				       cqp_request->request_done,
+				       READ_ONCE(cqp_request->request_done),
 				       msecs_to_jiffies(CQP_COMPL_WAIT_TIME_MS)))
 			break;