diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 7ef8b9a1e30c..c87804112d0c 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -1990,7 +1990,7 @@ static int netlink_recvmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len,
 
 	skb_free_datagram(sk, skb);
 
-	if (nlk->cb_running &&
+	if (READ_ONCE(nlk->cb_running) &&
 	    atomic_read(&sk->sk_rmem_alloc) <= sk->sk_rcvbuf / 2) {
 		ret = netlink_dump(sk);
 		if (ret) {
@@ -2302,7 +2302,7 @@ static int netlink_dump(struct sock *sk)
 	if (cb->done)
 		cb->done(cb);
 
-	nlk->cb_running = false;
+	WRITE_ONCE(nlk->cb_running, false);
 	module = cb->module;
 	skb = cb->skb;
 	mutex_unlock(nlk->cb_mutex);
@@ -2365,7 +2365,7 @@ int __netlink_dump_start(struct sock *ssk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 			goto error_put;
 	}
 
-	nlk->cb_running = true;
+	WRITE_ONCE(nlk->cb_running, true);
 	nlk->dump_done_errno = INT_MAX;
 
 	mutex_unlock(nlk->cb_mutex);
@@ -2703,7 +2703,7 @@ static int netlink_native_seq_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
 			   nlk->groups ? (u32)nlk->groups[0] : 0,
 			   sk_rmem_alloc_get(s),
 			   sk_wmem_alloc_get(s),
-			   nlk->cb_running,
+			   READ_ONCE(nlk->cb_running),
 			   refcount_read(&s->sk_refcnt),
 			   atomic_read(&s->sk_drops),
 			   sock_i_ino(s)