diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index 53238ac725a3..dfe02b658829 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -1795,7 +1795,7 @@ static inline struct sk_buff *skb_peek_next(struct sk_buff *skb,
  */
 static inline struct sk_buff *skb_peek_tail(const struct sk_buff_head *list_)
 {
-	struct sk_buff *skb = list_->prev;
+	struct sk_buff *skb = READ_ONCE(list_->prev);
 
 	if (skb == (struct sk_buff *)list_)
 		skb = NULL;
@@ -1861,7 +1861,9 @@ static inline void __skb_insert(struct sk_buff *newsk,
 				struct sk_buff *prev, struct sk_buff *next,
 				struct sk_buff_head *list)
 {
-	/* see skb_queue_empty_lockless() for the opposite READ_ONCE() */
+	/* See skb_queue_empty_lockless() and skb_peek_tail()
+	 * for the opposite READ_ONCE()
+	 */
 	WRITE_ONCE(newsk->next, next);
 	WRITE_ONCE(newsk->prev, prev);
 	WRITE_ONCE(next->prev, newsk);